Chapter 7: Blackjay's true form revealed.

Blackjay felt Crow's sorrow come through his connection he had through his control over her power. She was thinking back on the same events that Crow had told her about. She clenched her fists. "I'm going to make him pay for this." She whispered to Crow, who now had tears rolling down his cheeks.

He looked at her with concerned eyes, knowing what she intended to do. "Blackjay. No." He said. "It's not worth it."

Blackjay looked up and glared at him. "Yes it is, if I can make him suffer." She said.

"No. Please, don't. You know what it could lead to." Crow said as if begging her.

Blackjay just turned away from him, stepping forward towards where Canary was laughing over his murdered sister. "You already know how much I hate the fact that you have control of me. And for that, I despise you just as much as my dad." She began. But after a short pause, she added "But…I do admit that even though I'm not fond of either of you, you've been more like a father to me than Trygon ever was. If you truly cared about me, though, you would let me do something by my own will for once."

Crow grabbed her shoulders from behind. "No!" He yelled. "I forbid it!"

Blackjay closed her eyes and her body tensed. She spun around, knocking Crows hands away from her shoulders and put a barrier of energy between them. "Then I'll have to do this myself." She said.

She extended the barrier until it arched over her making a black dome that extended around her as well as Canary.

"Blackjay, no!" Crow yelled, banging on the dome. Blackjay ignored him and approached Canary. The dome shrunk, isolating the two opponents even more as she walked.

"I will make you hurt more then you ever have before!" She yelled to Canary. "You heartless murderer!"

"That's funny." Canary said, amused. "You actually think you can stop me."

"I don't think I can! I know!" Blackjay shot back. She was only about ten yards away from Canary now.

"You and what useless army?" Canary said mockingly, folding his arms across his chest.

"I don't need any army to beat you! You know full well that I have something else." Blackjay then held her fist in front of her and raised her hand high, pointing her index and middle fingers in the air. An ignition of dark power appeared at the two fingertips and she whirled her arm in a circle, leaving a trail of purely black energy in her wake.

Raven and Robin were still on the ground by the Tower when Raven realized what her sister was doing. "Blackjay, no!" She cried, "Unleashing even half of that will be too dangerous!"

Robin's gaze shifted from Raven to her younger sister as he still lay on the ground. "Raven, what's happening?" He asked.

Raven gulped and her gaze became distant. "Blackjay…Blackjay has a burden she's had to carry for years." She began. "She can take on a different form, which she's suppose to use to…to kill me."

Robins masked eyes widened. "Then we have to stop her." He began, trying to sit up. But he just fell right back down on his back.

"You're too weak." Raven said, worriedly. She slipped her hand from his now healed cheek and let it rest on his chest. "Don't try to fight again. You'll only get hurt even more."

Robin wanted to protest but he knew he couldn't argue with Raven. Not in the condition he was in. So instead, he smiled at her and moved his hand on top of hers. "Thanks Raven." He said.

Raven smiled back, reassuringly before her attention was drawn back to her sister, who had now made the unmistakable shape of a sword inside the circle she had just made that was floating in front of her.

"This would be a lot faster if I had worn my stupid glove." Blackjay muttered to herself. But nevertheless she placed her fist inside the circle. Black energy ignited at her fist and black rose-petals burst from her hand. She drew back her arm and with it, drew out a sword that had black roses wrapped around both the handle and the blade. The handle looked like a bouquet of black roses that had the blade sticking out of it.

She lifted the weapon above her head, pointing it up at the sky and muttered something under her breath. A small, and very thorny vine grew from the handle of the sward, wrapping itself around the blade with the occasional black rose blooming as it went.

"No! Don't do this!" Bluejay cried to her twin. Blackjay ignored her and placed her free hand in front of her with her palm facing up.

Bluejay spun around and gazed at Raven. "You know what we have to do if it's necessary." She said. Raven nodded.

Blackjay closed her eyes and pressed the blade down in her open hand. Everyone watched in horror as she slashed her own palm. Blood began to trickle from her, new wound. She choked back tears of pain as she turned her palm towards the ground. Drops of blood fell onto the ground and formed a small circle on the gravel. Once the ring of blood was complete, Blackjay put both hands on the handle of her sword and thrust the blade right into the middle of the blood-drop ring. Dark colored magic exploded from her blade and wrapped around her. She cried out in pain as her hair fell over her face and began to grow in length.

Black energy was now creeping up her arm from the sword handle and a small vine covered in thorns began to twist around her wrist. The vine continued to grow and wrap itself around the rest of her body. Everyone stood horrorstricken as the vine of thorns eventually consumed her entire body, covering her completely. Just as she had disappeared behind the thick covering of thorns, energy started to creep through cracks of the covering. The thorny cocoon exploded and revealed Blackjay who now looked entirely different.

She was now wearing a long, silken black dress and had shoulder-length, black hair. But the thing that everyone noticed the most was that she had somehow, sprouted black-feathered wings from her back. Blackjay stood up and shot opened her eyes. They were no longer a violet color, but a glowing crimson shade. Everyone stared at her, completely stunned at her dramatic change to a form that now resembled a malevolent looking angel of darkness.

"Whoa!" Beast Boy was probably the one who was most horrified at this new look. "Didn't see that coming," he said with a nervous laugh.

Blackjay glared at her opponent with her own kind of murder in her eyes. Canary only smiled his usual menacing grin and raised the sword that was now stained with his sister's blood. Everyone stared inside the dome in anticipation as the two stood there for a minute.

Blackjay made the first move. She jumped at Canary, who in turned lunged at her. Their blades clashed as they met at the center of the dome and the dual began.

No one kept track of how long the sword fight went on. No one could break through the dome while the two opponent were locked head to head in a tense battle. They lunged, parried and struck as their blades clashed, occasionally sending blast of their own telekinetic power at each other.

Raven and Bluejay stared open mouthed, wincing every time their sister was about to receive a heavy blow which she always managed to counter. The score seemed evenly matched until Blackjay started to seem like she was slowing down.

This was only the first time she had used this transformation and she was inexperienced with it. She wasn't going to be able to maintain the form. Canary seemed to know this because he started coming at her harder and faster than ever.

"You're not winning this time!" Blackjay yelled determinedly. But just then she felt herself completely lose her form from the lack of strength.

And while she stood in shock at her transformation back, Canary drove his blade into her side.

Everyone gasped just as this happened. Everything seemed to stop as Blackjay looked up at her foe with both fear and surprise on her face.

"Ok. I believe it is now necessary." Bluejay said. She then held her hand in the air and allowed blue energy to spurt from her fingertips. A long beam of glowing blue light appeared from her hand and formed a sword that was very similar to Blackjay's, only with blue roses instead of black. Raven did the same, and the sword she ended up with was a purple color.

"Wow." Was all Beast Boy could say in response to this.

"Didn't know you could do that." Robin complemented.

Raven looked at her reflection from the blade of her own sword. "And I never thought you would ever have to." She said. "I was hoping I wouldn't have to use it."

Then looking back up at where Canary still had his sword in her younger sister, she flew over to the black dome. Bluejay did the same and as they reached it at the same time, they drove their energy blades into the black wall of energy, making it crack where the swords had pierced the supposedly impenetrable force field.

As the crack became bigger, Canary placed his hand behind his struck opponent's head and pulled her towards him to whisper in her ear, "I win." Then he let go and allowing her to fall backwards onto the ground.

Just as Blackjay hit the ground, the two remaining sisters pulled their swards out, completely shattering the dome and flew right at Canary.

Canary grinned down at Blackjay who was now in the position he had originally just put his own sister in. Crow ran to Blackjay while her twin and Raven grabbed Canary's arms. Holding him in place with their swords pointing at his chest. But the evil Azerathian's smile stayed plastered on his face.

Crow withdrew the sword from Blackjay's person and touched the deep wound on her shoulder. The blood oozing from it soaked his fingertips. He glared at his brother.

"I hope you're happy." He said, angrily.

Canary only smiled evilly. "As a matter of fact, I am." He said. "My work here is done." And with that, he suddenly vanished with a golden flash.

"Where did he go?" Bluejay cried, looking around franticly.

"Don't worry about that now! We need to take care of her." Crow said, scooping Blackjay up in his arms.

Raven nodded and her blade shrunk into a mass of purple light before vanishing. Bluejay's did the same.

Raven then hurried over to Robin and pulled his arm around her shoulder as she lifted him up off the ground. She supported him with one of her hands behind him and around his waist and the other hand on his chest. She looked at the other Titans around her before closing her eyes and muttering her usual incantation under her breath. Her cloak grew to a large size and engulfed all of them. A few seconds of complete darkness and the next thing they knew, they were standing in the medical room.

Crow quickly ran to the nearest bed and placed Blackjay on it. He placed his palm on her forehead and looked to Raven and Bluejay. The two sisters nodded and turned to the other Titans.

"You need to leave." Bluejay said, seriously.

The Titans were too confused to protest. Except for Robin. He stayed put with a worried look on his face.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" Robin asked.

"No Robin." Raven said hesitantly. "Unless you suddenly have healing powers, then you can do nothing."

Robin watched silently as the three Azarathians gathered around Blackjay. Then a thought struck him. Our connection. He thought. Maybe…what if… it was certainly worth a try.

He quickly concentrated all of his will power to do one thing. Heal…I want to help them heal Blackjay. He focused on the emotions he felt Raven feeling at that exact moment and tried to grasp it. Closing his eyes tight, to help him focus.

He suddenly felt a bit of a spark inside him and opened his eyes, being sure to keep a hold of what he was now feeling and looked at his hands. Blue energy had appeared in his palm. Yes!

Being careful to keep it active, he quickly ran to Raven's side and grabbed her hand. Raven was startled and was about to tell him he had to leave. But she stopped when she noticed the blue energy spurting from his fingertips. "How…?" Raven began.

"Does it matter?" Robin said, cutting her off. He squeezed her hand tighter and the energy grew stronger. Raven just blushed lightly and turned back to her sister. The blue aura engulfed her and she began to hover just a few inches above the floor.

After a few seconds of all four of the teenagers charging up their blue auras, a circle appeared on the floor around the bed Blackjay was laid on. Blue walls of transparent light stretched up from the circle and grew until it reached the ceiling. The four teens stepped back in surprise at its sudden appearance. Blackjay's body elevated from the bed and she hovered there, motionless. Her violet hair began to flow wildly as if fast air was moving through the tube-like chamber of energy. In the commotion inside the dome, a small silver chain around her neck that had been tucked away under her collar and began to flow in the wind as well. On the end of it was a small stone in the shape of a bird with outstretched wings.

Crow pressed his palm against circular wall of the chamber Blackjay was suspended in. He had given her that necklace. His face turned an unnoticeable shade of pink.

Blackjay's scars began to fade away as the light inside the circular chamber seemed to shift around and make her hair flow with it. "This will take awhile." Crow said. "If you want to go to bed you can." He finished.

"I'm staying with my sister." Raven said flatly as she slumped into a chair that was against the wall.

"Same here." Bluejay said as she took a seat next to Raven.

Robin said nothing, but sat down next to Raven, looking at Crow with unwavering determination.

Crow just sighed and remained standing. He removed his palm from the glass and muttered something under his breath.

The healing process inside the tube of blue light went on for an immeasurable time. Everyone remained silent as they watched Blackjay's wounds slowly disappear. The especially deep one Canary had made was taking the longest to heal over but it was indeed healing.

After a long while that wound healed and the blue chamber started to fade as it was finishing its job. As it vanished, Blackjay's hair stopped flowing so wildly and her body slowly lowered back down to the bed.

By the time she was fully on top of it, the blue light disappeared entirely.

Everyone sighed in relieve as they saw Blackjay start to breath normally as she now slept.

"2:46 a.m." Bluejay said, pointing out the time. "I think it's about time we went to bed."

Robin yawned and nodded. "She'll be awake by morning, right?" He said, turning to Crow, who nodded.

"She should be." He responded.

The three turned to Raven expecting her to say something. But she was sitting limply in her chair with her eyes closed. Her chest moved up and down slowly.

"I'm the master of faking." Bluejay said. "She's really asleep."

Robin sighed with a smile and walked to Raven. When he got to the chair, he gently scooped her up in his arms and turned to Bluejay. "I'll take her to her room." He said.

Bluejay nodded and walked out of the room. Letting out a very big yawn of her own. Robin soon followed, carrying Raven…bridal style.

Just as the slide door sealed just behind Robin, Crow turned to Blackjay and lightly stroked her cheek.

The dome that had now disappeared may have been able to heal the more lethal injuries but there were still a few outside cuts remaining that would have to be healed by hand.

He touched the small stone bird on the chain that was still hanging around Blackjay's neck. After all these years, she had kept it. Maybe she didn't hate him after all.

Blackjay shifted her head in her sleep so her left cheek was facing up. That's when something caught Crow's attention. A thin scar was traveling from under Blackjay's left eye to just above her chin. And it was glowing red. Under closer examination, Crow realized that the scar was made of tiny Azarathian markings. The markings were written in tears of blood.

He lightly ran his fingertips over the small markings. The words were extremely small, but still discernable. The fact that they were glowing made it easier to read as well. Crow only had to read a few sentences before he gasped. He knew these words well. They were the words of the hidden part of the prophecy.

He quickly withdrew his hand and backed away from the bedside in shock. The prophecy was being fulfilled already. And Blackjay had known it. With every step she was taking now, she was closer to destroying her sister. Crow sat in a chair, running his hands through his shoulder length black hair. Why had she hidden this from him? If she wanted to be able to change her destiny like Raven was able to, why would she not say anything? Why didn't she ask for help?

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Back in the hall, Robin walked behind Blujay as he carried Raven and they both made their way to their rooms. "Night." Bluejay said to Robin as she turned a corner to where her own room was. Robin smiled back and continued walking to Raven's room.

Once he got there, the door slid open for him and he walked inside. After placing Raven on her bed, he draped her dark blanket over her and looked around her room.

The floor was cluttered with books, scrolls, and ingredients for strange potions. Some candles that she always had burning while reading were scattered all over the floor. She never liked turning on the electric light.

Robin smiled. Raven may have been from another world, But she was still rather similar to a normal, messy, teen.

He turned back to Raven and Draped the covers of her unmade bed on top of her. Then he lightly stroked her cheek with the back of his fingers. As he did this, a thought occurred to him.

She does need to keep her emotions in check. Robin thought. But what she doesn't know can't hurt her, right? He felt his heart beat a bit faster with excitement as he knelt down by Raven's bedside, saying her name out load. "Raven." He leaned closer, to whisper in her ear, "I love you."

Completely unnoticed by Robin, Raven, smiled as his words entered into her dreams. Robin then moved in closer, his face, coming into very close proximity with hers.

Their lips were less than and inch apart when Raven suddenly shifted in her sleep. Her arm came up and around until her hand was on the back of Robin's neck. Robin's head was forced down onto Ravens pillow. He was so close that he could feel her warm breath on his cheek. Robin was slightly surprised by this and even a little embarrassed at what had just happened but this actually worked as an advantage for him. He smiled and reached his hand up, running his fingertips up and down on her pale cheek.

Then he leaned in even closer, closing his eyes as his dream was about to be realized.

But just as his lips barely brushed Raven's, he stopped.

He slowly withdrew and removed Raven's arm from around his neck setting it down carefully back on top of her pillow. I cant… he thought. She…she can't love me back. He stood up and gazed at Raven for a long while. In feeling a tear suddenly rolling down his cheek he quickly wiped it away. His heart still broken he simply planted a goodnight kiss on her cheek and solemnly walked out of the room.

Haha! Another kissy-kissy moment ruined! I'm so evil! But I really want to write a kissy kissy scene that actually works out! X( !! that's one of the reasons I brought Terra back!  ! anywho! I know I am bringing in a bunch of characters and you are suffering! But I promise that there are only two more! They are needed for the prophecy's ceremony! Oh! I already have the next character down! But listen up! The first reviewer for this chapter will get the next character dedicated to them!! So review people!!