Teen Titans; New Generations; New Destinations- Arc: Restart; Chapter Four: A Winter's Dream - Into The Mist Of The Mysterious Bog. A Light That Shines Bright. Where Wolves Sing Of Saviors.

From over that steep valley where the heroic team had been in hopes of locating the mountain which they did seek-a creature which protected the great energies of the Northern Direction had her head lifted high.

Her ears were low to her skull, then out towards an irrirating hiss* in the channels she attempted to read further under a shining aurora borealis

~Something is strange, Anius.~ The spirit was a powerful wolf mother called Aneiu the Phantom . She had the ability to seek out any of the currents which passed her senses sharply, into the heart of this frozen waste-land she had seen another vision unfold.

The Barrens were without a priestess and over-seer to the faction of the far north. That child had been the reborn relic by, Lady Raven- Winged Reia's great prediction. Yet, her face was not close any longer to their world. It had lost all memory of the snow and fog with fear clouding it's judgement.

Reia had the spirit of the wild and divine within her very robes of a chieftess of the olden days. This girl had yet too gain the sight again, as she had locked away the power deep inside by her nightmares' misinterpretations. Without her heart to realize the truth, the enemy would have her crown to never let her shine again. Reia's sect would shatter forever, and the Raven- Winged of the winter world, would die with that prophecy...

Once, all the world had known to see that ' strength' had it's roots by those ' constantly struggling ' with the land. Now..that day was through to only be held dear in the spirits' memories.

The one called Anius whom had been beside his equal Aneiu, was the Phantom mother's mate.

He was not of her blue eyes and white-fur complexion. His was of orange sights and dark, raven fur as her second chief to the snowy plains of an everlasting frost.

~Will the time come?~ The sturdy ebony wolf spirit caught a glimpse of those, envisioned trials ahead. His eyes saw all into the forgotten underworld where the sun could never touch a soul. There,the ones responsible were fighting to stay adrift. A sea of conscious matter was what would leave the group to swim safely to shore.

~I do not know . Our child, Small Paw has taken on her rites as my next to train. She will need our guidan-

~What of the child to Reia's rebirth and promises?~ The darkest wolf protest with it's paw to the icy tundra floor.

The wind howled painfully as a reminder of the heroes facing these, fierce tribulations.

~I trust in this queen. She is no ruler, simply, she is a guide to face a deadly winter . The wolf of the Norse gods cannot claim her role so easily. I will promise as I have always. ~

She seemed to recall Reia's gaze into her own as the White Phantom being of the North spoke true to her mate.

~I do hope you are right.~ Anius paused to turn his way back towards the clearest, frosty streams this world had to offer .

~We do not guide humans, we guide deity and our kin. We have no such time left to decide for...human- halflings...as they are known..~

Since Roku's presence was no longer a threat unless a fool had the gall to summon up his own death, if he dared that was...Anius had his criticisms of the hero they had once aided with all of their lead-sister's power. To the moon and back, none could leave this world behind. There was more to be learned, more to teach to the one to follow Reia's rites exactly.

~She is afraid.~ Aneiu felt the child in her mind whom she had been fortunate to meet , before the darkness had taken hold of her kingdom keep.

~She should have known the risk of losing her human- self. Without her immortality, the girl would not have lived.~

Anius reminded his better with a gruff explanation.

Anieu shook her had to rebuke that. She had a soft side or chosen power- sources...time after time..

~She can become brave . All she must do is seek her enemy, the rest will act as a guide in it's own time. That child's brother of earth..that chosen saint...he will get in her way. ~

The white beast of the spirit kingdom let the wind dance and ripple across her coat.

~For if the sun and moon, should they meet, they would entangle...they could never exist without the tides to lose balance. This world is not as theirs'. It is much stranger than mortal- earth. The spirit side has a mysterious way of showing that. ~

She was a cryptic sort without Anius to forget his place . The worldly wolf mother was almost an Elemental in standing,yet she refused a human- aspect form . Many deity, god, spirit, had aspects of many symbolic means. She had the mists, snow, the sky and rain..not anything else was needed to mask the beauty, that was always present in the life of a timber wolf such as her'self.'

Anius bowed his head and understood that Small Paw would need their wisdom as well as this lost half- winged.

~The girl will rise to meet all expectations. She will do so by her spirit alone . Danger is there on top those mountains. The children do not see this as a threat, yet the winter will remind their senses that nothing is as it seems...we are always watching the progress of those chosen to our world. ~

With a bob of her skull and a howl from both wolves , the two left then to meet with their grown- offspring. It was still a cycle ever winding with the flowing tides.

Ami awoke with a stiff set of shoulders as she whined of her pain. Out into the lone darkness, the eerie fog had not dispersed as her family and allies had-

Her eyes were only as a gamer's for the dimly lit play room at home - or on occasion, Jackie's pad had a basement..but...this was strange..

A tunnel led off into a winding stretch of hollow fields connected by shadow and fog. As she decided if going off towards that direction were the right 'move', her head had to shake with a no.

Her blue orbs did not see everyone awake, as she had been so fortunate to have kept her heart guarded. Amaterasu had many ideas which wove around the heroes in circles. Ami was..just a go between to define what the sun - goddess wished.

Her head turned to see into the direction an imp-ling had landed. It was by a river stretching past tall hedges. A garden...?

Only a single birch was planted above the imp she had spotted, standing and searching for something...

~Umm..mister? You almost hurt my!-

~Shhhu!~ The imp was same as before the group had plunged down below the earth. Her eyes scanned him by what that harsh reality ..would have come to, had she not been presently awake now.

Hushing her would not help. She charged over by the very birch- before something strange and incredible had to happen right beside the supposed - daemon .

Another imp of the same impression had the girl startle ,her fists still nearly lit by this conspiracy ..by monsters!

~Brother! Ahh! A human? Ah..she smells strange..like a fox- of the maidens...ayha!~ The second whiffed the air , which had Ami sneer by her disdain. He pair wasn't the brightest..

~ The children we barrica-

~Hey!~ Ami shoved the big- nosed evil's face to pile drive into the the earth by the stream . While it led into the birch and to another world, the other was filled to overflow- a second stream errupted with the extra imp stepping through a knoll portal...portal. Why did they come here? Was this imp responsible? An enemy even!?

~You should not be hurting my team! That was ..super cruel!-

~No! No! It is a must , you listen girlie! The oak - side will not let your friends in by their wills! Only you and that royal may go! For elementals only! Of moon and sun! She is already in house of elder- imp chief! You were sleeping..fog is gone now...wake up!~

"Eep!" She woke again to find a room where the imp in her dream had spoken that the town, would hold such a room..

Anna slept by the floor holding her staff with a dreamy appearance...lacking of a snooze.

"sis..." Ami smiled and whiped her nose . She hadjust had a mondo -vision from the underworld! Wow!

"Ug...Is..is Aide..up?" The red head yawned and turned to her side . Yeah, the second in command- made the first , was sleep deprived by the look- out post she had adamently promised to keep.

"You doze over..I'll go see. Sorry..." The big eyed youngest member bit her lip, then met Annie's raised brow- with drooping features of a tired - sack!

"Why..apologise? You were not the..yaawn!...One who said ok...these guys..are on..our..side..zzz.."

She was out like a light as Amelia crept off to locate her bleary eyed brother. Henry had talk. A student of the Witch - College or whatever, but he knew other spirits...since he was a rejected familiar...

~Wonder who's ? Or who would just dump him off on the other side like that?~ Ami shook her head as if to tut the one to have done something so cruel to a spirit- bunny rabbit.

"Find Aide and the others, look out is taken by default. " She smirked with a grin . Setting off after another fluff ball would be too easy. That cat was wise- wise enough to leave 'her highness' to miss out on all of the action!

Anya was biting her nails to the quick. A ..bloody..vortex!

She slammed her fist into the map before the dopple's eyes. A relic to catch the Princess off guard...What a waste!

~Those bumbling nit- wits are too slow! The brats took a passage into the hollows of the earth! They could be...oooh! Fenrir will maim mee!~ She wailed by the fact tha the wolven lord could do this much. Sealing up thedjinn in her bottle was only the first way to show..that she-

~Grraa! I willact against their plans! If you want something 'done' right!~ Her wrist raised up above the paper scroll, it's location was set as a marker that resembled a silver dagger.

~I want those ugly- imp beings to hand over the girl! She is nothing to them, and...will bing only misery in her wake...~ The clenched hand of the doppple devil was proof enough- though her vision soon imprinted another face upon the map. The littlest heroine.

~Ha...you are perfect for a distraction my dear...will you end up blinding the heroes with your presence? The dark does not take kindly to solar relics..imps..are of the very ground below ..-

Her palm rose upwards to reform another symbol as the dagger above Ava's party.

~A light..a flame...well, you'll have to cover and cower as you are deemed to be weak, human! ~ Her icy glare did not want an elemental goddess around to spoil Anya's reunion with...tall, blonde..and firey!

~Brat..or should I call you , Brother? We are to meet soon...I have yet to repay ye for sending me into the void!~

All things were tested as that devil Roko had been with the sacred Void. Put on ice and trial, the damned princess had won against her fears. Yet, fear was something you could not snuff out forever. One way or another, it would have to be tamed as the beast right beside the Eternal,Raven Winged Maiden.

Anya cackled to this as her plan was ready to unfold...as soon as night had come to the imp- village..oblins would roam. How she hoped not to miss the event for herself!

~I am ready to intruduce you brats to, my world. Enjoy!~

That was a terrible though to believe. If Fenrir ever cause wind of..this trick..the dopple would be left to his wolven servants of another End...

(Such as the Norse telling of Ragnarok. That sort of 'end' she is partly making a big deal over. Though, Anya is not a part of Fenrir's myth. She intends to take the glory by any means, even if that means making the heroes into lost - martyr souls. Returning to the chapter!)

The blonde had not been located by Ami, instead she had found Glen , Henry and Zan on the look out for a link back to earth's sphere. If the group had the correct frequencies,it might have been best to wait until they had entered the Eternal Capital city.

Aiden, Zan noted by the girl's encounter,had gone off to see the elder of the imp- village. Ami had been last to arrive by the opening of that strange rift which had sucked the group underground. In truth she had learned that the imp were more earth spirit of the lowest layer to the forest the heroes had tred into..

"They wanted us to leave since the forest had been harmed, though the tree was the entire structure where we hadbeen dragged under the soil." She remembered blacking out, then waking up by the villager's elder who had brought the team to his realm by force. It was actually perfect timing as well!

"Those rogue hunters and guys ..um...spirits from Fendale were after us. If the imps hadnot acted as a distraction with the fog and pull into their world, the rest of us would have been taken alive..or..well, I have no regrets for leaping into the portal. "

~She's a natural though. ~ Henry gruffly cleared his throat before adding over Glen's joke. (Stage magic and real magic. Glen is defining by her appearance and powers that Zatanna must love the spotlight. Even, if she is hiding that fact from the allies of another plane!)

~You should visit the elder's second hut by the temple he runs. This round a bout village is...quaint, yet one could stray from the roads and fall-

~Hey! I am serious Glen! This space in time connects to anotherrealm where monster do roam! It is the lowest core of the very void we sit!So..please...stay here and in plain sight until our portal is ready to unveil itself..~Without the rabbit guise, Henry just..looked old!

~Then the Princess should be with em." Glen told Ami, who's head nod in thanks before setting down the path. This temple...wht deity or more did the imp...she decided to find out by experiencing the real deal.

~ 'See for yourself ' now sounds like a wise phrase..for jerks!~ Yep, she would have to forget about her material comforts and values. This was down- right the last place on earth she could hope to wish to know!

Ava had to participate in a meeting with the eldest imp, and the two which had helped the team to escape capture.

She did not smile as usual,which had Aiden on his heels , or, in this case he had to keep low to the earth.

~You ...are not aware of what powers you hold, boy?~ The heavily bearded and partly blind imp - chief had to ask...

~I...-

"He isnot permitted to use them as a Chosen. The council forbade the last of his taint from actively seeking the flame he carries ." Ava spoke thiswhile her breath was to the alter. Quick and precise, she held not extra pity for her brother's condition.

~Ey? Taint...by a spider...~ The old imp rubbedit's chin, the walked off by it's cane to the back of a single room piled high with items.

~The store closet .I have it kept hours from our realm by law. Yet, inter dimemsional rips in the seam make the trip, easier. ~ He knew the mortal word..sayings..speach..who was this old creature and..how did he sound so human?

Aiden could not believe that voice. Had the imp swallowed a genius?

~I..must confess. I knew wel these parents you spoke of to this rotting limb. They were once the chosen to face an old goat in his darkest days...you see.~

The light dimmed tocreate a space, as if a film projection of that day in time...when the Titans had been racked with misfortune...

~Those heroes saved many of my kind. I was not able then to thank them, yet today...I am most greatful that their later generations had pasted my old orbs...~

The holographic image of a memory shwed the dragon and his enemies as well. As soon asAiden had seen the creeper again, his armhad begun to ache. With a grit fist, it was painful to see what ?..the dragon had done . It was the right sentence to have banished the monster...-

~Ah! Boy! The flame!~ The sacred light that had turned blue by the imp's power over it was readily burning to an amber hue!

"Your powers! Stop them or...Ugh!~

Ava also felt her chest pricked by an unsettling sting That light...was killing those who collected under the moon!

~Agh! Fix...hi..! ~

The words had Aiden swerve from the screen, to reach towards his chest and seal up what ha been uncapped.

"Nhg...Sorry..." The grunt as soon as the teen had stabilized was a relief. The imp chief had finally recovered enough to gasp.

~You..were the golden dragon!? Why,then the myth was a danger to us all!~ Ava held her breath to exhale,then in. Her head send waves of pain to banish fro her icy bones. Just as Raven- Rachel's empathetic powers,she had the ability to heal by a deeper means. A more difficult way without...Chris's teaching...

"I..can't control it...sometime when I get mad or angry...it's ..not like my sister you saw, Ann. She has that fighting spirit I wish -

~You should use it for something clearer. A good fight is only worth it's title. Boy, you are trying to stunt your own growth by telling I that fire is only for attacking an opponent. It is wisdom to see it for a greater is a relic which is embedded into that fire you carry. A...bird...Aha! Phoenix light! ~ Genius had been exaggerated- the imp was a bit obsessive!

~You wish to see that your family is well in the earthen realm, I know of a town that would lessen your doubts until you do reach the Eternal rift-

~But! ~ Ava rebutted the proposition that Aiden would never be able to handle!

~We are not...the heroes I did call here..there is a traito in my realm! The barrens!-

~By your features..how could I have forgotten...Was just a wee- folk from the realm of dark forests...there was a rebellion that took a single life...~

Ava clutched the pendant and saw the fight between several clans . Reia wa the long- dead mediator whom had..given her life..

~Ah...it be not the-

~Tell us. ~Ava gulped,then continued with a shaken breath.

~Tell us, about that battle. ~

Aiden looked up to the princess of ice and snow. She looked even more pearly - white by her shock..his shock was as her brother..as her brother once removed from the lady's life time..

~Your parents swore that they would become the ones to ace the demon legend- we shant' speak his name here! Far too sacred a space to create demons of our very hearts. ~ Ava wondered what the imp- shaman had meant by ...heroes when they'd been here to find more over her past...or future in that crook Fenrir's case.

~To begin, you were handed a relic by a neighboring witch? A Ravencrest? We knew her you see. ..she was once an assassin for the red lord. Our lord no more . ~ Aiden gaped by how this was possible...His family ..had connections and real 'beef' with the dragon!

~As my great creator of the daemon- realm, he had the ability, the power to tempt shadows from falling-

"Wait..he..didn't conver...why? " Aiden looked to an annoyed Ava who allowed her unaware brother to ask the question.

"But...imps were never good-

~We symbolized trouble and struggling hearts! Children who lost their sight, their beliefs ..they turned into we upon their death. Only if their parent had their best interests, were those youths allowed to leave the rapture of a still- born birth.~

Ava held her head to look to the wall behind the imp chief.

~I..that is what I would have been?~ The imp elder sighed, hoping his lesson had not end yet.

"No. Ava..you were practically clone!-

~Sir!~Ava then used the given Eternal Land's language with a protest.

The gruff bearded troll was not going to finish. He still had not spoken the rest! The goblin- folk were too cryptic- enough to wish the travelers on their merry way. Aiden had the slivery lady turn her eyes from the cowardly sprite-

"But, then if Ava..sis, is alive, here...why would that matter to her?-

"Aiden." Ava's glare wanted answers. She pointed for her blonde brother to exit the halls. He just stood, frozen as her heart had become. With a sniff and a stance to have her angry anyway- she was not pleased at all by how rebellious the bratty teen still kept himself as.

"You...won't be yourself, fine. I'll ask my questions once you finish bullying hi-

~I need to know!~ Ava shoved her younger sibling. Pounding his chest as if to knock the boy over, Ava hated being told that they were at odds! It was war! Aiden crambled on his heels to knock her away, he caught her fist long enogh to dodge. There, he stood, shaking and ready to bat her from his space inside the imp- village's sacred sanctuary. He tried to defend himself by crawling once on the ground, then she blew a frigid air to have his heals scape up and further from the wooden door frame. Trapped, a wild lioness was also fuming from afar!

"Why? We were a family! What is..Ann was right! ~ Ava suddenly closed her eyes to turn with arms crossed, hiding her shame . She..had hurt him..

Without getting a chance to speak her 'sorry', the boy continued to bade her his 'thanks for nothing. '

"You just tried to hurt me! What is so painful that you won't let me hear about hi!-

~You..did not...~ Her eyes locked onto his and only came closer with frozen foot falls. The halls trembled by her stormy might of a deity- a lady of great strength! Had Aiden only said nothing, she would never have learnt of his betrayal , to have broken HIS PROMISE by... NOT digging into her past. That classified information was..her problem! He should be punished for looking to deep down that rabbit hole!

"I won't take it back. You want to be our guide and have our protection? Then stop treating us like we don't belong beside you! It's..wrong! All wrong! ~

Ava saw the fire split to cover the boy in an aura she had prayed would never appear. His...sadness had taken off to collect what fight the...her brother had lost it!-

~Aiden! I was angry you did..not ask me till I ..you should-

~I tried to be the big brother instead!That's not something you canbeg your way out of! You won't help any of us to get home! You don't want-

~STOP!~ The daemon imp had just about enough of relics of both winter and solar energies shooting sparks off after the village's holiday! This was a travesty!

~I will not aid those whom desecrate our sacred home! You will finish your session and leave this holy temple! I will cast the darknessin both your bodies to take hold of both 'shadows ' which follow! Do not test the ones to usher in the void's plan! This realm is not a playground! Get your acts together! Princess! Drop the child,now! He is not your enemy, you mustsave your fits for the true devil holding all cords at arm's length!~

Aiden stumbled to the floor with that prick returning to near nothing- his memory of the fight left the boy's role empty once the two had come back from their tantrums.

Ava only remembered that Aiden was beaten by her first fist fight..it hurt so much that he had blinked to find the princess rushing from the sacred rooms. Her tears were as fine as an icy breadth.

His toes worked fine as the teen blonde looked up to the elderly being . The imp- chief nod and ushered the child to follow the eldest sibling to the temple gates .

"Did I hurt..you instea-

~Some things...are best forgotten. Go, make ammends with the girl. She is terribly sorry in her own way . You must not understand; as she is a normal girl, brought up, into becoming a god...~ The olden creature shook his head with a grumble. Aiden had to sigh. Ava was not close anymore. What could he do to apologise the right way?

"She was not ready to come back, but she wanted to of her own free will. I..tried to say something then-

~Yet how could you have ever known her trials then after?~The imp seemed to shrug as if the blonde had no such control over his sister's fate. It was true though...he did not..

"I can't talk. " She rubbed his sore arm writh a seeth of his teeth. "But.." His eyes and heart recalled something- if only Chris had not been taken..then!

"I'll help her to remember." Aiden whispered as he exited the room of the shaman.

"Only, I won't be he only one to fix her back into shape.."

Ava wasn't as strong as her costume dictated by a long shot. She held a role that was neither convicing, nor endearing to match her ratings - possibly among the beings she had sworn to protect.

"We'll make Ava into a real heroine. Then nothing will hurt her again, or just because of her past."

He felt unsure if the group would buy the teen's proposal to recreate the Ava which this Fenrir creep had tried to ruin. Rehab sounded like... a better term would have been; Rebirth. The boy knew hissisters would flip- they always treat him as the back up star. Yet this was important. Ava had lost her drive to keep going, or was about to ! He saw that blaze of icicles skewer half of the enemy orc's troops. It was a blood bath. Face down, far worse than when Aiden had prodded Anya Wulfsmund in the first and last battle again the dragon.

(Recap time! Aiden did not hurt Ava since she has no way of dying by a single blade . Her clan over saw the entrance and passage into the Netherworld where the dead remained . Reia was a part of Ava and her new legacy is by the princess's hand . Anya Wulfsmund would have been all of Ava's immortality instead of her mortally- reborn self on earth. Lilith stripped this aspect of Ava Marie and burried away the teen's resistance in These New Years part one. She was unable to warn her family until Anya's showdown inside the Grayson pent. The place was reconstructed since a miasma- waft or two could have done to the spot, what Shadow Von Hert had enacted upon the teen titans in Tt Life After Death arc. Starfire had to go with everyone once their tower was invaded by dark energies. The refuged to Titans' East tower, then to Gotham to save Robin from Veronica's plans to trap Bruce Wayne into marrige and eventually, by the arc title! Yup! Also, it was mentioned that Roku;

(In stories after his first attempt through Eternal Tommorow , no one tried to use his name ' spoken. ' Or they were even banned by Raven and the guardians from simply thinking about large reptiles! That was the 'taboo effect' initiated by Vee's people on high. Roku had power over a person instead of vice- verse, only if his name was used out of fear or anger, anguish,etc. Even in accosiation to characters such as Von Hert or Lothos, even Regis held the look alike title untilthe dragon had his soul broken in part one of these new years . (He lost his head.) That was also how a part of the Grayson bunch could not rid themselves of their 'initial thoughts over what Roku had been capable of and later,would be in time '. Aiden; due to his title as the 'golden dragon relic' and chosen, was infected by this fear long enough for Roku to warp the teen's trust in his family and friends. By the space- time illusion, Aiden truly believed that his perfect world had not only been by a simple 'wish.' He was trapped in what was fabricated around him as 'his own desire to include better, friends, family, experiences' for both those persons his mind cooked up,and even his deepest relationships- such as with classmate and idol Lisa Viscado. After the twist in part one, Anya's trick on the mall ferris wheel has Aiden woken up enough to try and make a break for any exit he can locate. Roku intervenes as a loming presence and dismisses Anya's role to then banish her plans, since..she basically became just as greedy as a certain ' draconic demon king over aiden's aura and powers.' Love that arc! Read the full beginning before going to the new chapter after the Titans' display. Really fun lingo and it looks as if there is a paradox involved to drag the story on- oh ! Part two! That's what!* Now, back to this arc! )

~She has to listen, otherwise we are only letting her hurt herself by this role she promised those spirit she'd keep..but..I know better than to let my family burn over crap like this. ~

The blonde sauntered off, only after thanking the imp's helpers of the area, then he set off to locate the rest of his party.

Ami was practicing her routine magic with Glen as a watchful eye inside the inn. He knew Henry would be careful with his abilities to make up for the miko's lack of training . Aiden saw thegirl's newest object by projection; a red fan the shade of red maple leaves of scarlet, each spac between had golen flowers across their blades. Blades? Offense? Was this goddess a warrior type?

"That, looks to sharp-

Wwhiizz!* Ami's mark came flinging out, then returned to her hand as a boomerang to leave her brother stunned.

"Tripple P! I am no slacker! You underestimate what-

~Training broadens alot more than the body .~ Glen responded from a window by the view of the three below. A building on stilts of strong wood had Aiden nervous. Glen was an adult in this world, he could easily knock the structure into them all!

"Yep! You have to have spirit or you'll be toast against the big, bad wolf!" The twelve year old boasted as a pro now! How long had this act been from behind even her parent's backs? They would talk later. This goddess- mini mess was not a real- world experience that would work for a human child. She had to dump the act once theyhad a chance toleave this re-

"Slacking is right." Anna came through the doorswith a hand to her mouth,the other arm to the sky. She was just waking up from the most rewarding down- time in the universe!

"Late an' lazy-

"Tell that to your 'marines' , sis. I was up with the darn sun! You slept like a rock in the Hudson! Without needing any gravity t-

"You..grah!...Should I teach it to you this late? I was out of steam! Dummy! Since your power doesn't drain like a leaking faucet, you get to prance in the dang forest whenever you want! I, and poor Ami, have to refuel everytime we lose consciousness! Thanks for being a pal, brat!" The teen red head was annoyed. Aiden had forgotten what the mess in Fendale had concluded of the second eldest, second sister's perspective over their new powers. They had changed to deepen in their roles as..a body guard for now anyway for their out- of- the- loop brother. It seemed ate was all to easy going with simply leaving the fire- spit twin in charge . Hischeeks flushed by how much he had spat in her direction.

~I'm on her list..crud! Ami and she were up all night? But did they forget about the portal in the woods? No one said thing!~

He mulled over the potential troubles that may as well follow. Seeing as demons here also fed off of the fear and anxiety of their prey, Aiden had to make ammends quickly, before-

~Not very noisy! No no! Are you all mad as batty- bats? ~ The teens looked around to see where the voice had come from. To their dismay, no one had been found to haved carried an animated pitch as high as a child younger than Amelia Grayson. She was certain it had to be the golden cutie- dragon. Aiden agreed and tried to reason with the figure resting inside his body and spirit.

The adoarable squirt was encased inside an intangible orb of starlight as Aiden took hold of the character inside it's form. The bubble or light - ball burst in a small shower to show the dragon- baby waking to groom itself with weary eyes.

~Unnn?..Is danger here? The stag is not with u-

~We heard something, or somethig li-

~Silly! Silly, silly! I am on the ground below! Look look!~The golden dragon and his charge faced the earth outside, the Imp- village enclosure of the inn they'd been boarding for only moments was not all so large to tell what HAD been as close as a wildflower.

~A pixie! Cool beans!-

~Is she allowed in through the...how did you just ask us a question? Why are you trying to talk, fair - child?~ Glen stood to walk towards the flower which held their supposed guest.

~Name is May! I dwell in the valley not to far from your ..party, this is odd, to odd! Humans in a void of the spirit! I gasp! Oh oh!~

The speech was peculiar as only the elder imp held a whole sentence without complaint from the group. She wore the look of a youthful fairy in all blue Her flower she sat upon had a golden tinge between it's center, though the rest looked as a zinnia. Not at all in season, how did this place have summer growth? Her dress was lolita - tastic in Ami's book of kawaii. She even had the hair of a maiden in the past woven back with beatiful flowers to show off her looks . Ann just stood, gawking by all things abnormal as the fairy- folk of bed time stories...fake! It had to be a lie!

Henry ruffled his fur by this and gladly hopped over to meet..Miss May the pixie..He also did not trust that a village of imp had let a creature of omens into their sector. An enchantress had bewitched the fluff- tail until he'd been partly freed by this 'Amy character.' She was a peach and all, yet demanding as a hole in the head!

~What is your story, Madame? You'll come past a real dilemma if those imp- clansmen h-

~Dolly pie!~ The imp from their fall into the forest was running through a field to his .were they close?

The blue eyed vixen fair- lady squeeled, jumped from her roots to the air, then head off to meet the darling she had fallen head over petals for!

The children had not seen Zan return with Dami by her arm. "Wh-

~Oooh! We are so not going to be apart again, poochie chuu ! You are not going to that neck of the woods for silly scraps of red- grass! It is toxic anywho if you touch it..oh...I worry soo much my big- bonkers! You had me scared like never before!~

The May was young in looks, though her age might have been to rivalancient stories of knights and princesses.

The ugly, big nosed imp looked blissfully through his tinted 'glasses' once the fairy had given him a peck in thanks he had not been injured .

~Sorry..there is something, oh! I must start talk with guests, May- Mi-

"Grrah!...What is going on here!?" The ones to yell were both Ann and Damian Wayne to the intruding couple.

The imp mister laughed as nervously as he felt, by the impression he and his sweetie were giving off - the group would be confused...and annoyed?

~So sorry again, this is my fiance! She is most elegant flower in all of Airey Fields! This is not greatest time, but I tell kids now! Ok? The elder said for me to give you directions out of woods, yes. You will go ONLY on marked path by my brothers who will lead you out in ...way of fire! No...chemical way..I think blue fires?~ He scratched his head until the maiden beside the imp had answered them all promptly.

~Fox fire 'twas, dumplin- pumpkin. 'Tis what those shrooms tend to send off in the nighttime feast of we...oh, sorry, there is no need to explain ! You will be safe. My humble - bumbly is to good to his guests! You...glow as bright an orange, as a setting sun..how strange?~ As coyly as she had placed her remark, Aiden held his chest from the prying eyes of outside beings once more . En Guard all the darn day! He had no privacy in the longest time!

"Nothing to see here!" Ami startled the blonde with a shout . "He's not good as gold enough to heed his lil' sister's every desire! You won't find anything worth your while heere!" Her voice was an irritatyion to the lovely beikng of blue floral designs . She cracked an awkward grin to let the thought be 'dropped ' right away.

~Amatereasu has her eye on you who don't fgollow the book! See here?~ Ami made a frightening face that the imp had not noticed, yet the flower fairy had.

~C- Course ..you have it..heh...~

The conversation turned to the group gathering together, then heading towards the border between the spirit worlds and another branch leading into the one the team had been whisked away from. The grubby guards had left, yet the rest was as the imp- being had note .

Fox fire of a blue tinge held strongly as the imp clan- folk held themagic as an arrow, out of the dark woods.

~Take this path. ~ The teens were told again lastly by the elder, whom had Ava to add back into their party. She had a cold gaze, even more miserable than before...in Aiden's opinion...

~Do not follow any other, this will lead to 'Rock ledge Cavern's' over- hanging view . Or, a Spirit Austria passage to the...highlands. Find your way and go east from there. The bridge will be closest to an old foe's morning wood of the Scottish border. That will be full north in days . I know you will be willing to finish he journey! Brothers! Lead our heroic troupe to safe- waters! Do no falter! Now, farewell chosen!-

Ann gaped by how much the scene had swapped itself from a secluded one in in another place . The imp knewthe Titans! This was too impossible to stop and ask, the chief - sorcerer had given the group his fullest instruction.

"And off we goo!" Ami had an anxious Henry - bunny and Ava pulled along with her energetic spirit.

Ava Marie was not able to protest as she was held to keep alert within the youngest's grip. The blue foxfire was haunting to her as the imp- keepers of the shroom emissions , were in shadow completely. Ghostly even!

"Wow..you guys have to have an amazing record of hide- and - seek! " Ami and even Glen had to laugh by the interesting figures feeling praised by the youth's aura of light and strength.

Not to mention the skill of observation her dad had had , only once as a detective in his past!

Connor Kent had nothing to say as soon as a certain call had come through the main screen of Titans' Headquarters.

The character wore silver, white, a cape , cloaked form and hat with mystic letters dressed across it's surface exterior. The character, was also not human. More a puppet- look alike by it's short stature and it's red hair. The being hid it's face below a matching scarf against the cloak, with no definite shade of eye color, though...

It's mouth would poke out once or twice. A scarecrow withit's lips nearly bursting from sealing shut of stitches! What was it!?

~Aria..had you too? Rather,Shoji will disappear if she discovers the secon-

"The Vee guarding Kori an' Dick's kids. " Cyborg groaned softly as the mention of the new- in training Titans never bothered to pass his lips.

"Yup, an' Dick is more ok with it than she is!" Gar turned to face the screens by his own observation window shutting to off- line.

~You must wait until the council of the Celestial and Eternal , sees to the dilemma within a certain...oh! I do wish to finish here! The goddess is a joke! She has the air of her mother whom was also a nereid! This is proposterous! If Shoji is to be kept safe, allow me to keep the foolish relics in the dark...Bao Shi I have discovered was cursed by a powerful plant which steals life force from it's victims. That might wellbe why they are suspecting a younger guardian than even Kayumon! I think however...Sayu is to -

"Again, why is Sayu in power, again?!" Raven asked, covering a shout, frustratingly enough with a frown she sighed angrily. Sayumon was a mess of trouble for the cats and pup corporate elitist.

Getting caught by her wandering gaze meant losing a lot more than residency. How about..your very existance as a normal human?!

Sayu was born of the Spirit- blood line then had left, to secure a role as the Celestial council- head of the region after the Eternal plane . Destiny; in his tireless effort to cap the red dragon's ploy, had not even stood much of a chance in beating Sayu's 'inflicted demon.' (Part one of these new years arc and prior , which is to the future arc and later.) She had been infected by Lilith's spider venom, only for that to later fester into rage bent on destroying the daemon serpent king's reign!

She instead of facing his wrath, became the one burried by her lies as a Black widow- Just as Cecilia Daia had tamed the true arachnid spirit to aid in her craft as a lunar priestess. Cici was now a general prophetess tothe council. Later in the coming seasons, Catherine Daia would no longer wear the crown of the rank she'd been forced into. Cecilia would take the throne as a lost- Alicia's replacement..

Sayu could not turn again... Turning meant becoming the thing you most despised in a physical form. Though astrally she loked as a violent nine- tailed wolf...not a fox any longer... She was trying something and Raven would beg for Greg to contact as many allies as possible later...Dangerous clouds woulkd form by Aria catching wind, she had to act in private to avert the storm.

"She almost started a war between the sects, and had a hole ripping towards meeting with Earth's walls. You do not mean to tell us, that she has not forgotten 'anything' about her crimes?"

Kori shot back as if Raven had run out of steam. Gregory was not at all ok with the princess's loud call, though it was impressive of her adult status as a senior heroine.

"Guys, if Greg can dig up enough dirt, or needs another rat to nose in on their plans.." Gar stood up and beat his chest with a single thud. He could do the best as a side- view, a way to distract the council from what the sorcerer had up his sleeve .

"How would you be accepted through another vortex! That's..traumatic much?" Blue Beetle exclaimed to deter the Changeling from his recommendation .

Gar looked off to the teen with a line or two showing. Sleeping easy never came for super- heroes. Why ask that?

"I'll go then. Once we head to Europe, then we can find Catherine, to get Greg and the others away from that mess. " Dick added to the novice Titan's arguement with his old- time team- member. "Just stall Bruce and the League for as long as you can back in Cali. Shoji is not in solitary. Aria won't act the villain among the ranks she works for currently. Otherwise she would haven't helped us to throw Sayu to the courts... She isn't evil, just pretty dispicable if you ask me. Aria knows what she's fighting fo-

"But she knows how things work up in paradise." Cy added with a point to the upper world of 'clouds and rainbows.' Changeling sighed by his Griffin adventure - when Aluehainyu had been next in line after Lord Eternal Destiny. He was very ill then, now..he did not pass on with regrets as a supposed dragon pupil had..Thankfully the nightmare was through.

(Roku was Lord Destiny's student after his own father ( Mentor in a way to Destiny, Azag the sand serpent ; on wattapad under username/ extra name.. pageturner09. The story is a past/ back story explaination over how Lilith snared Roku for her army of devotees . Destiny took the helm after Azag's passing in that piece of info for this and previous arcs I have created. He was devastated when Roku had nearly destroyed the higher-keep of the Ethereal plane. Thankfully, the ruler ' Aleiah' of that realm stood up for her crumbling sect.(Eternal Tommorow arc) .

(Hakuro lived with her long before his betrayal, and was much later too ashamed to allow 'A' to view his faults openly. Prince Rokuro Ainsley in many Arcs previously ; forcefully was kept in check by the aspects - Rokou, his feminine Yin self (Roko) , Hakuro - who was cursed to maintain the light self that still did not fully exist within the tortured dragon son, and a fourth- a melded entity that resembled Rokou, Rokuro, and a set of dark wings on his back. When in this form it meant that the integrative 'taint' of the prince's spirit had already been delivered for the worst outcome. Corrupted and hollow of any existance...Good epic! Enjoy the rest ! Read the earlier arcs Eternal tommorow, To the future, These new years, even Life after Death as it depicts a past including Roku's big, bad battalion. )

"The League..." Connor suddenly grunt for the heroes to hear his next response.

"Let me..talk them out of searching. Or, let the new kids cover for Robin. He's fighting otherworldly monsters. No way is he getting eaten ...of course, I guess that is what is in their, um..world? Right?" Connor had no clue. To his knowledge of a place that existed barely, it stumped the exact opposite of the poster- boy Kent and Bat Detective. His side - kick, bird- brats even had intel off of earth's core! Maybe Super Boy should have interacted with this...Tsani person?

"Don't think you could lie to him, Con." Bb tried not tochuckle by that thought. "You, hate to be untruthful at all half of the time unless we are on a -

"Lying to save a life is just another mission then. " Con El smirked and extended a grip twards the senior NightWing.

"We'll be counting on all of the help you'll provide too, Solario." Raven saw the ebony male youngster turn to the red, and flashy demon.

"I intend to do my very best here as an earth' scout. Before we jet off ta' her cozy villa by the ocean, one word. "

The heroes clustered to hear the sailor dog's mention. Gar almost had to stop laughing by doing what Raven usually had in the past. He hit his own face while she had no say in the matter . They were adults, it wasn't ok, but now he had some way of quieting down the fool of a Titan in his DNA.

"Ezma has a brother, His name is Cliff, but..one word o' caution..he be as protective as her knight . None of us could even hope to win out a brawl with the son o' an earth god. They be sorta in blood,so the only way ta' see her in person, is ta' dance our way with entertainment up to her home- front. He is a big- time Ball- Room champ. The biggest in a long line . His feet could crush mountains- or win the biggest trophy the contest owned. I warn ya, someone would have ta' dance , or leave without the proper orders . No ticket to the tides unless -

"Ok! Right...then...we dance te tango to make a guest..appearance?!"

The team gaped. Such high standards these puppy dogs had! Aria was a model Idol of the four passages,Vee was a genius scientific mind, Kayu had the banks on every end clawing his way by hs status from birth, Ezmeralda...what was she?

"Then hit em ...kill them softly? I don't know..." Cy remembered his days as a heavy hitter Titan. He was a lab rat in Star labs' facility. Julian and Jackie would not let their pops take a ride of his life!

"If you wanna run it here with Connor, stay and work it out. We are going to Europe . Portugal, how long is the flight?"

Dick Grayson asked raven who had them boarding as first class passengers on a line connected to Isa's -

"She..wow. That is nuts. " The analogy was not there as Raven dismissed coincidences for what they were just not worth . ~Media news...I wnder if they can predict tommorow's forecast..~ Laughter was done by the self of Joy. Raven just sat back to type away an of day booking the next morning.

"Bruce will figure we 'll be out of town. But..just like last time-

Gar was interrupted by Richard .

"He'll have to come and find us. If he even guesses where nowhere is. " The smile the cop gave his old companion was so reflective of hius nature as a leader and caregiver. Changeling had a long way to go up the ladder! Growing towards his ideal dream of the decade, Dick had been lucky to have wanted a future for someone else, his family.

"Just don't pack a ton. " Cy instructed KF who had been ready to dash to his room inside the tower.

"How long ? Am I getting to -

"For now, stay with the new recruits in California. " Raven replied over the speedster's question.

"Phoo! You guys get to battle spirits and I have to baby- sit...well! Robin will know we are here! If they get a link through in that crazy dimension, I bet he'll be glad to see ole' Wally!" The beaming grin KF had onhis face made the world a lot less hectic . Well, it would seemthat way until the stand off.

Only two could tango up the steps to the princess's house by the sea. Only one could win the trust of a powerful mistress of wind and water before the rest. Kori clutched her heart and took a breath with her comrades watching for the same response .

"Less than seven hours to catch a day's sleep." Kaien concluded with both arms crossed.

"We shall then head out to make things, alright?... " Starfire nod to her friends inside the T - shaped home. Her heavy mind was weighing on over how Nina would take their troubling truce.

~Then the Titans are ready to make waves once more!~ Greg surprised the teens and adults with a smile as any scarecrow could give. Connor still had the chills from his last encounter with crazy freaks of the dead. Was this mission going to be smooth sailing? Or would the consequences end up leaving the heroes shipwrecked for good..