Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans. There are some scenes of suicide, you have been warned!
Friend or Foe (Chapter 3)
After Raven visited her mother in the palace, she got Sylvina's note. Raven rushed to Titan tower, hoping that the others wouldn't notice her coming in, they didn't, well, only one did.
"Where are you going Raven?" It was Robin who was calling her. "The others are on separate missions."
"I'm not sure I should tell you." Raven replied, she turned around to face Robin, fear and worry filled her emotions.
"Are you ok?" Robin came closer to Raven, "And where's Sylvina?"
Raven hesitated but thought she could trust Robin, "Don't tell the others, they'll get hurt." Robin nodded, "Sylvina went to Trigon's domain, I have to find her before she gets hurt."
"Won't you get hurt if you go find her?" Robin couldn't believe what he just said, it was like he was protecting her. "If you're going to find her then I'm going too."
"But-" Robin cut her off.
"Just trust me, I'll be more help than you think." Raven nodded barely and they both went to Raven's room.
Once in Raven's room, she put her magic sand in the mark of Trigon and took out an old spell book, "If I turn evil snap me out of it." Raven told Robin, in an instant Raven's eyes turned into four glowing red ones. The portal opened and Raven rubbed her head as her eyes returned to normal.
"Why did you do that? Are you alright?" Raven was leaning on Robin slightly, trying to get her balance back.
"Only a demon can open the portal to Trigon's domain." Raven stood up on her own, "Sylvina is more powerful than I thought. Once you're in the passage, head for the red light." And they both jumped inside the portal as it sealed.
Meanwhile they were getting through the portal, Sylvina had already arrived and was looking around. It was all red and lava pools spread everywhere. Most of it was rock but there were some demon-like creatures lurking around as well. She found a safe place to read her mother's journal.
Entry 2: I am very happy living with my family but I fear for Sylvina. She is more powerful than me and I fear that she might be used or lose control. I am not sure if she also has her father's powers but when she was 2 months old she could already levitate and speak. I have found out that she had opened portals to unknown dimensions with ease and when she has nightmares they might become real. I hope that sending her to Earth lets her powers be weakened so that she can gain control over them.
Sylvina continued to read but one of the demons found her. "Trespasser…" It whispered, it had the form of a man but it was covered in fire. "Master will like you…" It dragged Sylvina, who didn't know what to do at the time, in front of Trigon.
Trigon knew instantly who this was, his niece, he had an evil grin on his face. "Sylvina, I have heard many things about you from your parents."
The demon had tried her up with a fire rope. "What did you do to them?!" Sylvina shouted, trying to get free. "tuP erif tuo htiw retaw." Sylvina whispered, but nothing happened.
"Let me tell you what I did, but there is no escape." Trigon threatened. "This can show you to them." Trigon held out a glowing yellow potion and untied Sylvina. "Go on, drink…"
Sylvina wanted to find her parents but she knew this wasn't the way, it must be a trick. "I might be an 8-year-old but I'm not dumb enough to except a demon's gift."
"You don't understand." Trigon sent two demons to hold her still, "I'm not giving you a choice." Trigon made a syringe-shaped object and filled it with the potion. Finally, he injected it into Sylvina, screams could be heard from her then they just stopped.
Raven and Robin had just arrived and heard the scream, the instantly knew who it belonged to. They followed the sound as far as it led them, in the distance they saw Sylvina's skin turn red and her eyes turned into four white glowing ones. She cried because of the pain she felt, she knelt on the rocky ground, one hand on her heart, the other keeping her in balance. Her hair turned dark black and she just collapsed.
"Lock her up, I'll deal with her later." Trigon called to one of the demons, "I have something to do." He looked over at Raven. "Come to save your cousin, dear daughter? Well you're too late."
"I'll hold him off, you get Sylvina to safety!" Robin yelled, "Go!" Raven nodded and levitated as fast as she could to unconscious Sylvina.
Raven used her powers to knock the demon out and catch Sylvina. Sylvina lay still, she had no heart rate or breathing. "Sylvina..." Raven whispered, "Fight the evil within you." Her skin was burning like lava so Raven put a forcefield around her and left to help Robin.
Sylvina may have been unconscious but flashbacks of her past corrupted her. She seemed like she was dead, and she felt like it as well, but the sudden changes caused her body to heal itself in a coma-like state.
"You don't know who your parents are? How pathetic, you're a nobody." A girl with short light brown hair laughed. Hair was covering one of her eyes but it was clear that her eyes were green, she was wearing the Jump City Elementary School uniform. Sylvina sat in front of the lockers crying. "Cry-baby." She said as she left.
Another white light blinded Sylvina. An image of her step-mother appeared, she wore red and dyed her hair red as well. "Go to your room, now!" She yelled, "If you make even the slightest sound there will be no more meals for you for one week do I make myself clear?" Sylvina walked up the stairs to her room, she closed the door lightly and cried silently.
A red light appeared in front of her and an image of her hurting herself appeared. She used whatever she could find and tried suicide but the white dove always comforted her. Blood was on the floor of her room, she used her powers to stop her wounds from bleeding.
A light blue light then appeared beside her and spoke, "Get up!" The voice was angelic, "You are stronger than these memories!"
"Who are you?" Sylvina asked.
"You will find out sooner or later." The light cleared and her mother stood before her.
"Mother…" Sylvina ran over to hug her.
"My dear daughter." Megana had tears in her eyes while she was holding Sylvina, "I can help you, but I can't if you don't get up."
"I-I can't." Sylvina looked down, "I am weak and pathetic."
Megana knelt down until she was the same height as Sylvina, "You are stronger than you think, Sylvina. Get up, fight!"
Robin and Raven's clothes were all torn up as they tried to fight Trigon. Trigon used his laser beam to aim for Robin but instead he hit Raven. Raven fell to the ground but Robin caught her just before she hit the ground, she was still breathing but it was slower than usual. "Say goodbye." Trigon prepared his last attack but instead of firing, something else hit him on the shoulder.
Sylvina stood behind Trigon, her appearance returned to normal and her hair was flying upward. "Afraid?" A ghost shaped like Megana appeared behind her.
"Afraid of a mere child? Never." Trigon stroke Sylvina with all of his power but her necklace protected her.
"Well, you should be afraid." Sylvina levitated to the same height as Trigon, "Very afraid." Her moon locket opened and magic came out of it, Sylvina and the ghost channelled that magic and attacked Trigon.
Trigon used his powers to create a balance between evil and good, "Trigon the Terrible will not be defeated so easily." His powers reached for Sylvina.
Flashbacks and voices of her past flashed inside her mind. Her mother's words gave her enough courage to defeat Trigon. With one last blast, Trigon retreated, Sylvina made a bond between him and his throne so he could never leave. Raven woke up and found herself in Robin's arms, Robin quickly let go and let her stand up on her own. Sylvina landed.
"Sylvina you're alright!" Raven was never this happy. She rushed over to hug her.
"There's something I need to do." Sylvina levitated towards the throne, "I've heard that this throne can answer one question if you have proven yourself before it, I hope I've done enough." Sylvina sighed, "Tell me what happened to my parents."
"You are a brave warrior." The throne spoke, "After your mother was pulled into the black hole she was teleported to face the Shadow King, the same exact creatures that whipped out her planet, they wanted to kill her. Your mother did the bravest thing she could think of, she trapped him in the fire prisons, she was trapped along with the Shadow King. She might have been trapped but she was still able to communicate using her soul." The throne paused, "As for your father, after Megana disappeared, he was devastated so he gave his powers to me, the reason that I am talking is because of him. He is now trapped in stone in the kingdom's walls, he became stone as soon as he gave up his powers." The voice vanished and Sylvina just froze.
Sylvina floated back to the ground, "Sylvina, I'm so sorry." Raven went up to her, Robin followed. Sylvina put her arms around Raven and cried. "Everything will be ok, we will find your parents, that's a promise."
Sylvina let go and looked at Raven, "Thank you." She wiped away the last of her tears, looked at Robin, and laughed, "You two would make a good couple." She smiled.
Raven smiled, "Hey." Raven hit Sylvina lightly, "Let's get home."
Sylvina opened a portal that led to Titan tower, they were soon back home. The others finished their missions and went to bed early. "Good night Raven, Sylvina." Robin said and left.
Sylvina yawned, "Good night~" She slowly walked to her room.
Raven soon went to her room as well and they all soon fell asleep. Robin woke up in the middle of the night, he was actually thinking about what Sylvina said. Did he have feelings for her? He wasn't sure so he decided to just go to sleep.
Note: Sorry this is shorter than usual. I apologize for any spelling or grammar mistakes, English isn't my first language. I also want to say something.Please don't try to commit suicide because you are mistreated or being bullied. Don't be afraid of telling people who care about you what is going on. There is a light inside every person, hope is all that matters. Once again, please don't try to end your life, it isn't fun and it won't solve anything, you will only make the ones that love you suffer. If you think that drugs can solve all your problems then you're wrong, trust me, you'll end up regretting doing them. If your friends all tell you to do drugs, don't listen, trust your own instinct because they are not very good friends if they force you to do something you don't want to do. If you are bullied or mistreated, remember that you are not alone, there are many people just like you that are willing to help. Please take this advice. The reason I wanted to say this was because this chapter has a part that talks about this. So, please review, thanks!