So, sorry for the delay, and I know I am two chapters behind, but I'm trying to catch up, so give me time...

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Disclaimer: Who would realistically want this story to be an episode, or for Pete's sake, a series? No one, that's who, and that's why I don't own Teen Titans.

Came Home

Leaving Home

Raven had finished meditating, and was heading into the common room. Dawn was soon to start, and the pre-morning grey was only just lifting. Raven, her dry throat plaguing her every thought, set her sights on a steaming mug of herbal tea. Such a tea that only the gods could only imagine, one that only Raven herself knew how to brew, and the tea that was forged only after the Trigon was vanquished. The tea she had dubbed 'New Dawn'.

Said tea could be frequently found in the Titan's tower commons room, so that was where Raven had headed. The echoes of her feet, softly running down every corridor on her floor, strolled down the steely halls and into the common's kitchen. Yet all did not go as planned, as the main doors open to the view of massive city through the window, so did the view of an emerald falcon flying way. Sure, Beast Boy went off flying, but he would definitely tell someone that he was going off, and there was no chance Beast Boy would be wake before Raven… Or the sunset.

The tea was going to have to wait.

The trip was uneventful, or as uneventful as a trip as a bird to obtain the cure to his cure could be. The skies were clear, a gentle breeze blew at fresh dew, and all around peace and smiles could be seen. Yet, Beast Boy could not shack the bad feeling that clung to his mind and pulled at the emerald hairs on the back of his neck.

He left an hour ago, before dawn, flew to the other side of the city as a falcon. There he met up with an old 'friend' of his. The man was a doctor from his childhood, and he loved to dissect things, especially mutant things. At the lab, Star Labs to be precise, the man finished his cooking up a small vile with a clear liquid in it. Beast Boy took it, and promptly left.

Yet, there was something wrong, and every step he took towards the common room intensified it. Every last instinct from every last animal told him to stop and turn around. Yet he continued. After all, what could be waiting for him in the common room so early? And even if there was someone in the common room, they couldn't be too much trouble, could they?

She could feel his unease, she could hear his steps nearing, and she knew that it would be trouble brewing. Beast Boy had come back, but how he was the source of this feeling of dread, she knew not. So here Raven stood, dead centre of the commons room, staring at the main doors with her arms tightly crossed. There was no a single mug of tea in sight.

Soon the door opened, and in popped in a slightly surprised Beast Boy. "Hi Rae... What are you doing?" The nervous child asked. "First, my name isn't Rae, and second, I could ask the same of you." Raven's monotone was tinted with worry and irritation, the latter taking the lead on her attitude. Beast Boy smiled in a way only he could, and laughed his famous laugh, before responding. "Don't worry Rae, I wasn't I any trouble, I just took a walk." She could tell he was lying, she could feel in it, that and she could see the vile in his hands. Raven remained silent, letting Beast Boy think that he convinced her before continuing.

"Here it come, take a fine look, they're setting themselves up for destruction. I didn't have to move an inch." The groaning came forth from the endless void, and it sound as if it was in agony. "Don't you worry my friend… I am almost ready to reveal myself." The smooth voice called from the abyss, seemingly coming from all direction. "And when he is alone... Then and only then will I strike. Until then, I shall wait here. Here, in this dark void of mine." The groaning grew in pain, as if trying to warn someone about something. "How right you are. There are forces on the move to stop me. The black and orange man, and the blonde girl. One is his enemy, and the other is his friend. Yet they matter not. Only the green one concerns me, and he's disposable."

The darkness flowed around violently, forming many dark storms in the void. "The dark tides are getting restless, it is almost time…"

"And where are you going?" The monotone cut through my silent victory. I was just about to open the door and head for my room when she asked that. "To my room, nothing sinister." I replied with a smile, turning to face her again. "What's in the vile?" Raven was famous for being both direct and monotone, both of which she was right now. "What does it matter?" I inquired, sounding ruder than I meant to.

"You didn't have it when you left." This got me angry. "Where you spying on me?" Raven remain stoic, but silent. And that gave me the answer. "You were spying on me! How could you? Don't you trust me?" I was starting to yell, infuriated by the silent, but judging Raven. "You obviously don't trust me enough to tell me what's in the vile." Raven retorted, who was slowly becoming angry.

Yet, I was left stunned by that last shot, and was unable to speak for a while. "How could you dare doubt my trust in you? How could you?" By now I was yelling, and was sure I had woken somebody. "How could you doubt me?" Raven was obviously angry, judging by the expression on her un-hooded face, but she did not let it get into her voice.

Feet came rushing to the common room as the yelling continued. Cyborg, Robin, Starfire, and Elasti-Girl all came running to see what was the problem. A second voice could be heard, but it was being drowned out by the sound of Beast Boy yelling angrily. "Yo! Any idea what's going on?" Cyborg asked, running behind Starfire and Elasti-Girl. "Yes. What has gotten friend Beast Boy so angry? Perhaps someone is attacking?" Starfire asked both Robin and Cyborg. Robin just continued, but Cyborg answered. "Naw Star. The alarms would have gone off." Cyborg had had every hope that his technology wasn't malfunctioning. "Unless someone deactivated it…" Robin mumbled to himself, a certain one-eyed villain came to mind.

Finally, after running through what seemed to be an endless hall, they reached the doors, and swiftly entered the common room, where the unexpected laid in waiting. Beast Boy was furious, steam literally coming from his ears, and was putting full force into yelling at Raven, who was too angry, but only as angry as she could get.

"Why is this so important to you?" the nearly brown Beast Boy screeched. "Because I care about my friends." Monotoned Raven. "We're friends now, are we? Well then, why do you never act like it?" Beast Boy could have cooked a steak on his forehead and not notice, he was so consumed by fury. Raven remained silent, unable to answer the final question. Beast Boy, the final straw utterly annihilated, gave out an angry puff before walking to the main door, ignoring his friends and family.

"Beast Boy, where are you going?" Robin asked carefully, ready for Beast Boy to explode like one of his disks. "Out." Was the green child's answer. His voice empty, his legs seemed sentient, dragging themselves to the elevator. Starfire, unable to see a friend in distress, floated up to him, and started talking. The more she talked, the more irritated Beast Boy got, and Star was obvious to this. That was until Beast Boy made his anger clear, shouting "Leave me alone, you intolerable freak!" Star immediately stopped floating. And Beast Boy went down the elevator, out the tower, and into the city.