Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans. This still mainly focuses on Robin and Raven. P.S. I added a new creature into the story. This is a bit more violent than the other chapters I wrote. I apologize for any spelling or grammar mistakes, this isn't very good, sorry. But here it is anyway.
Trigon's Return (Chapter 3 Part 1)
It was close to dinner time, Robin and Raven had just arrived back at the tower, Starfire had just finished teaching the royal cook of Azarath how to make her happiness pudding, Beast Boy and Cyborg fell asleep after playing 30 different types of video games, and Lupe was thinking. Lupe had some traces of love for Raven, he liked her a little but he wasn't sure if Raven had found someone else.
Raven and Robin had just entered the palace, Lupe was keeping an eye on them. "So, you grew up in this place?" Robin asked, he looked around at the palace's interior, an orangish white wall was around them in a shape of a circle, tall white cylinders were in holding the roof up, the floor was so clean that you could see your own reflection in them, and the roof was in a dome shape, it was made of glass so you could see the night sky through them. The stars were pure gold and the moon was a yellowish white. In the middle of the room lay a rectangular table that was long enough to almost take up the whole room. "Where are we?"
"The dinning room." Raven replied, she went up to one of the guards and asked where her friends were. The guard immediately went to search for them.
Arella walked into the room, "Good, you two are just in time for dinner." Arella was wearing a long white dress that reached all the way to the floor. The dress was covered with white doves and light green leaves. She wore a crown shaped like a triangle with a white jewel at the top. Her shoes couldn't be seen since her dress was covering them. "The royal chiefs have prepared a royal Azarathian meal."
Soon enough, Beast Boy, Cyborg, and Starfire came into the dinning room. "I hope they have tofu." Beast Boy said to Cyborg, Cyborg had a look on his face as if he was going to say: Are you serious man? This is Azarath! You think they have tofu? Beast Boy remained silent for the next couple of minutes. The Titans all sat down on the velvet seats. The seats were made of wood with velvet cushions on them.
As soon as the waiters put down the meal, Cyborg dug in. "This is so good!" He exclaimed, his mouth was still full. "What is this?"
"It's a special Azarathian plant, grown on the highest mountains," Arella replied, this plant looked like a carrot and a beat at the same time, it was chopped up so it didn't really look like a plant. The whole plant was a shade of brownish grey, it tasted like a duck or a chicken which was very odd considering that it was a vegetable not a piece of meat.
Starfire was looking at the strange plant and finally took a bite, "Delicious!" She shouted, "May I take some and add it to my soup of joy?" Arella was a bit confused by what she meant but she nodded anyway.
Beast Boy stared and poked at his food, "Not taking any chances." Beast boy said, pushing his plate away, "Got any tofu?"
Lupe then walked into the room, carrying a plate of tofu eggs with him, "Is this what you want?" Beast Boy nodded, Lupe placed the tofu eggs in front of him and he was soon eating happily.
"Care to join us, Lupe?" Arella asked, eating some of her food.
"I already ate your majesty." Lupe replied, bowing, "If you will excuse me, I feel a little bit tired." And with that, he left.
Robin could see that Raven was barely touching her food, "Is everything alright Raven?" He asked she looked deep in thought, "Raven? Are you okay?" Raven nodded.
"I'm just not hungry," Raven replied, Robin was touching her hand under the table giving her a signal that said: Please eat a little Raven. "Fine," Raven whispered and started to eat a little more.
After dinner, Raven was forced to show everyone their rooms, first up was Starfire. They went down a white hallway, statues of Azarath's greatest leaders, wizards, and sorcerers could be seen, lined up neatly and leaned against two walls. The other Titans stopped to look at the statues while Starfire was following Raven closely. They ended up in front of a pinkish purple door. "This is your room Star." She said while opening the door, the room was decorated with pink walls and a white rectangular bed. Curtains the shade of pink could be seen covering up the window, and a small table lay beside her bed. Her bed looked like it was made from silk, it felt that way too. (Her room is sort of like her room in Titan tower.)
"This looks glorious!" She flew over to her bed almost immediately, she felt like she was lying in snow. The other Titans left her to rest.
Next was Beast Boy and Cyborg, they needed to share a room since only one room had a TV and they both wanted to play video games the whole night. A round door soon appeared in front of them, it was painted blue on one side and green on the other. "Cyborg, Beast Boy, you two will be sharing a room since the palace servants could only find one room that had a TV," Raven said, the door opened and there was a clear line on the ground that separated Cyborgs area and Beast Boy's area. Beast Boy's area was on the left, green walls were painted on his side, he had a bunk bed that was covered with white sheets. On Cyborg's side, there was blue wallpaper and a charging station. In the exact middle, there was a TV with remote controls and video games.
"Dude! No fair!" Beast Boy shouted, "How come we have to share a room?"
"Relax BB." Cyborg said, trying to calm him down, "Video games are more fun with two, besides I'll be able to kick your butt!" Cyborg dragged Beast Boy into the room and shut the door.
"We're finally alone," Robin said, with a smile on his face.
"Don't be too hopeful Boy wonder." Raven said sarcastically, "Your room is just a few more steps."
"So, did you tell the servants what we like?" Robin asked, still following Raven.
"I guess I described what your old rooms look like and they improvised?" Raven said, unsure of what that sounded like. They soon came to a red R-shaped door. "This is your room." The door opened and red wallpaper could be seen. A rectangular bed with red blankets lay on one side of the room. There was a shelf in the opposite direction, a huge window could be seen next to the bed.
"This looks great Raven, but where will you sleep?" Robin asked, he truly liked his room.
"I think my old room will do." Raven replied, "Although it might need some cleaning."
"I can help… I mean if you want me to." Robin blurted out, he wanted to spend more time with Raven.
Raven blushed a little, "Sure, I guess." They both went to Raven's room, it was a little dusty but besides that nothing else was moved. The same purple raven-shaped doorway was at the entrance, the same round bed with white sheets and a raven hanging above it, and the books that she read lay all over the ground. "I guess no one dared to even go in my room after I left, I'd better get cleaning." She used her powers to put the books back on the bookshelf while Robin was cleaning the dust.
He hadn't done much but he did manage to find Raven's old diary. "Hey Rae," he called, "I didn't know you kept a diary." He was just about to open it but Raven levitated it out of his hands.
"Please, don't read it." Raven hung her head low and flipped through one of the pages. It read: Day 1 Even though Azar is teaching me how to control my powers, I'm still afraid to use them, what if I hurt someone? Raven remembered when she wrote this, there were drawings of ravens all over the page.
"Are you alright Rae?" Robin asked, he was still cleaning the room.
"Just fine." She said, putting away the diary and cleaning her room. After some time, it was clean. "Thanks for your help Robin, I appreciate it." Raven hugged Robin as a sign of love and gratitude.
"Anything for you Raven." Robin replied while putting his hand on Raven's head. "It's getting late." Raven nodded and let go. "Goodnight." Robin looked at Raven as she went into her room and shut the door. He slowly walked into his room and drifted off to sleep.
12:00 A.M. the alarm went off, someone or something was taking down Azarath's forcefield. Raven and Lupe rushed outside since only the Azarathians could hear the alarm. The shield had been lowered by the shadow creatures, they mainly lived in the dark forest just beyond Azarath, they had a dark form, like a shadow, two glowing white eyes could also be seen. Books were written about these creatures that said they can take form of any object or animal, they can also blend into shadows and weaken light, it takes a bit more time to weaken light but eventually, they manage. Their only weakness: Light from evil.
"What's going on?" Raven was worried when she saw those creatures crawl into Azarath, they took the form of a human.
"They escaped from the dark forest. Raven, use your powers." Lupe tried to convince her, "You're the only one that can stop them. They are afraid of light but only if it's from evil."
Raven nodded and tried to hit the shadow creatures with her demonic light powers while the other Azarathians put up the shield. Robin was facing the window when his eyes woke up to the noise, he saw black creatures and Raven trying to fight them off. He immediately got out of bed and rushed to the battlefield.
The shadow creatures came from different directions and surrounded Raven, some of the shadow creatures went into the palace and tried to find a dark place to hide. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Raven shouted, projecting her powers into hitting 4 of the shadow creatures. One of them snuck up behind her and used a shadow knife to stab her in the back. She fell to the ground, trying to heal herself while destroying the shadow creatures. Another one scratched her on her shoulder, she was bleeding badly.
Robin used his bombs to create a distraction then he ran to her side making sure she was okay, "Raven!" He saw her wounds, he sat by her side. Raven leaned on his body, her cuts were deep and still bleeding. "Raven, what happened?" He was holding her tight, hoping that she could heal herself in time.
Raven finally was able to talk, "The shadow creatures…" Raven whispered, pain was heard in her voice, "They attacked… I'm the only one that can… stop them…" Raven saw one of the shadow creatures heading for Robin so she blasted it with her powers, she saw the others making a new forcefield around Azarath, "I… need to help… the others…" She stood up but instead she fell into Robin's arms.
"No, you need to heal yourself." Robin set Raven down beside the wall, "I'll distract them, just heal faster!" He used his weapons to blind the shadow creatures while Raven was healing.
Raven started to heal herself, her wounds stopped bleeding and her shoulder was almost healed, her back was another story. She saw one of the shadow creatures was about to do the same thing it did to her but to Robin. Even though she wasn't completely healed, she went with her heart and used her powers to destroy the remaining shadow creatures that were visible.
Lupe saw Raven hurt and flew up to her, "Are you alright Rachel?" He looked concerned, he then saw Raven leaning onto Robin, could he have been too late?
"I'm fine, just need to heal a bit more, that's all." She hid her pain really well but Robin could still tell that she was in unbearable pain because of their bond.
"I'll escort you to your room princess." Lupe insisted, he wanted to get Robin away from the girl he had a crush on.
Robin knew Lupe was planning something, "Actually I was going to take Raven to her room." Robin picked up Raven gently and left. He saw Lupe giving him a stare but ignored him. A while later, he arrived at Raven's room, he put her on her bed and started to clean the blood from her shoulder and her back.
"Thanks, Robin." Raven said, she felt pain shoot from her back but tried to hide it.
Robin finished up cleaning up the blood, "You should rest now." Raven lay down as Robin pulled up her bed sheets and kissed her lightly on her cheek. "I love you, Raven." He said as he left and closed the door lightly.
Robin went to his room and lay on his bed thinking of Raven. If he wasn't there then Raven would've been… dead. He was afraid of losing her. What was Lupe trying to do? Did he actually like Raven? What if Raven falls for him? They weren't exactly boyfriend and girlfriend, not yet anyway. Robin wanted to ask her if she wanted to make it official, so far only her and Robin knew about their relationship. Thoughts surrounded him and he soon fell asleep with Raven in his heart.
Even though most of the shadow creatures that sneaked into Azarath were destroyed, some managed to hide in Raven's room and they started to give her nightmares and fake visions about her father, her friends, Slade, and her mother.
Azarath… crumbled before her feet, it was all in ruins, her friends were bleeding, her mother was buried in a building. The sky was a shade of reddish grey and she and Trigon were behind the attack. Hundreds of Azarathians were being pulled into the shadows. In a flash of lightning, fire spread from every inch of Azarath, it burned until there was nothing left. It was just a plain dust planet, no signs of life anywhere.
Raven tossed and turned and then woke up. She looked around her, only to see her bookshelf. "Just a dream." She was relieved and decided to go back to sleep.
Meanwhile, everyone was asleep, some of the shadow creatures snuck into Arella's room and kidnapped her, dragging her into the underground tunnels that lead all over Azarath. The others were not aware of Arella's disappearance.
To Be Continued…
Note: Yep, a cliff-hanger (I think, I'm not very good at those sorry.) I haven't been able to write recently because of schoolwork and my mother forbids me to write on weekdays so I guess you'll see what I write on weekends and any holiday breaks that I get. Thanks again for the reviews, some people want me to continue "Visions" another story I wrote, I might get back to that after I finish this one. If you have any ideas on how I can make my story better or what other stories I can write you can PM (Private Message) me (I'll give you credit if I use a part of your idea or suggestion.) So… please review.