Author's note: First of all, sorry for not uploading in a while. I had my finals and after that I had some parties, so I kinda lacked the time to upload. I did have the time to write some chapters, though, and I have 11 of them on my PC. Unfortunately they haven't been proofread, so there might be some errors here and there. WARNING: From here on, the story is getting a bit darker. There will be more fighting, blood and death. Btw, I do not own Teen Titans.
I open my eyes, and I see nothing but destruction and death. I look down, down at my feet, but all I see is a layer of blood covering everything. I'm standing in the middle of a street, just any ordinary street. Except the buildings are all demolished, most of them don't even have a single wall left standing. That was definitely not ordinary. Well, that and the dozens of corpses littering the ground around me. Yup, not ordinary at all. I look at the corpse lying closest to me. It was a pretty ordinary woman, I guess she was around thirty, with that ordinary hairstyle everybody seemed to wear these days, some ordinary earrings, an ordinary look of horror on her ordinarily blood smeared face. Oh wait, that was my doing. I laugh, bringing up the knife in my hand to my mouth, licking some blood off of it. A shiver creeps through my spine, I love my life. I hear sirens in the distance, closing in fast. I feel my mouth form a smile. Good, more fun. They took their time though, it gave me the chance to admire my work. It looks like chaos with all the blood and destruction, but I can see the beauty in it. It makes me shiver in appreciation. The cars stop behind me, I can hear the cops getting out of them, the sound of guns being drawn fills the air. Oh yes, that sound! It invigorates me, it fills every fiber in my body with energy, it wets my appetite... Suddenly an annoying voice booms from a speaker, disturbing me from savoring the moment. "Throw away the knife and turn around!" I sigh, could they at least show some style before they die? "Now, you scum!" the voice boomed again, more urgent now. I guess not. Ah well, I'll just have to teach them. I turn around, slowly, and put my hands a bit in the air, not to far of course. "Good, now throw away the knife!" I sigh again, that voice is really starting to irritate me. I look at the cop barking commands at me, he's about forthy years old, not to high, but certainly way to heavy. He has a dirty mustache and his uniform looks like it has seen better days. Like, a lot of them. In short, he's a disgrace to the police, and to me. But it doesn't matter, I can still have some fun. "Like this, sir?" I shout, and with some dark magic I propel the knife towards the officer. It hits him in his forehead, causing him to stiffen up like a plank and giving him this really funny, confused look on his face. Then, just like in one of those cartoons, he slowly falls backwards, hitting the ground like a... whale? I don't know, but at least he had proven he had style, even if it was just in dying. I laugh again, and dark magic starts swirling around my hands, forming into black pistols with red motives swirling around on them. The cops stared at the dead body, until someone had the speed of mind to actually start shooting. I grin, they weren't exactly sharpshooters, and the bullets that were actually going to hit me just disappeared in black and red flames. I feel a shiver of excitement climbing up my spine. Oh yes, this will be fun.
Will shot upright, completely disoriented and panicked. His head hurts like hell, and no matter how hard he tried he couldn't forget those horrible images from his dream. At least, that's what it had to be, right? But it had seemed so real, so terrifying. He looked at his hands, they were covered in swirling light, but Will could've sworn that he saw dark flames die out just a second ago. He wiped his hand across his forehead, he was covered in sweat. Will sighed and got up, instantly regretting his decision when pain surged through his body. He was still in a bad shape, of course. But he didn't want to go to sleep again, so he'd just get up and meditate or something. He opened his door and peeked around the corner, checking if there was someone in the hallway. But it was completely deserted, the only sound was a low buzzing noise coming from a computer somewhere. Will silently slipped out of his room, he had no idea how late is was, so he didn't want to wake someone up. He walked up to the roof, not seeing any of the other Titans. Once outside he looked around, breathing in the cold, fresh air. It was still dark, but it was a clear night and you could see the stars illuminate the sky above. Will sat down on the ground, he could use a little meditation right now. He tried chanting the mantra Raven always uses, but he just couldn't focus. Now he thought about it, he had only meditated when Raven was there as well. Now he was all alone up here, it seemed weird, lonely. He shrugged his shoulders and just lay down on his back, gazing at the stars above him. Might as well make the best of it, right?
Will didn't know how long he was already lying there. The stars had disappeared and the sun was starting to rise. Suddenly he heard a voice behind him. "If you're trying to permanently damage your body, just tell me and I'll stop healing you." Raven said as she sat down next to Will. Will grinned. "Sorry Raven, I just couldn't sleep, so I had to get out of bed and do something. " He said. "Like sitting outside in the cold with only a pair of pants and one thin shirt?" Raven remarked, raising one eyebrow. Will shook his head. "I never said I was smart." he said with a smile. "But what are you doing here so early?" He continued. Raven looked at the sun breaking through the cloud, starting his slow climb into heaven. "I guess the same you're doing here, enjoying the view." She replied. They sat like that for a while, not saying anything, just looking. Then Will felt his stomach rumble, when was the last time he had eaten? "Let's go eat some breakfast, I'm starving." He said.
Beastboy and Cyborg were playing on the game station. "Oh no you don't!" Cyborg shouted as he pressed the buttons on his controller as a madman. "Oh yes I will dude!" Beastboy replied, pressing the buttons just as mad a Cyborg. Beastboy's car hit Cyborg's from behind, causing it to spin around. Then Beastboy's car rammed Cyborg's and launched it from the track. "Oh yeah! Take that Cy!" Beastboy said and he laughed. "My car!" Cyborg shouted, still processing his sudden defeat. "Nice one, Beastboy." Robin said. He and starfire were sitting on the couch eating their breakfast. The door opened and Will and Raven walked in. "Hey Will, shouldn't you be in bed? You still look like you're in a pretty bad shape." Robin said as he got up and walked over to the duo. "Yes, he should." Raven commented dryly, but Will just waved the words away. "I'm fine, if I stay in bed I'll just die of boredom." he said. Robin shrugged his shoulders, he knew all to well how boring it could be. "Well, I guess that whole mess proved you weren't working for Slade after all." He said. "Yup, I still have no idea who this Slade guy even is." Will replied. "But my bruises tell me he ain't nice." he continued as he laughed. Robin shook his head and smiled. "You're absolutely right, he's not one of the nicest persons around." He said. Then Robin's smile got replaced by a more serious look. "We've kept you in here to make sure you wouldn't harm anyone in the city." He said, looking at Will. "But I'm convinced that won't really be an issue anymore. Apparently your wounds are almost healed as well, which leaves us a decision to make." Robin continued. Will nodded, he knew he was a guest here, and that he'd have to leave eventually. "The first option is that we arrange a place for you to stay somewhere in the city, where you can start building your life the way you want it." Robin said. Will nodded again, it sounded fair. "But, since you seem to posses quite some fighting skills and you've saved one of us, you could also become a titan, a member of our team." He continued. Will stared at Robin, did he hear that last bit correctly? "So, you're offering me to become part of the team?" He asked in disbelief. Robin smiled and nodded. "Yup, that's the offer. You'll have to show us what you've got, train with us, and follow the rules. And then, only then, you'll be part of this team." he answered. Will smiled. "Well that's not really a hard decision, is it? I'm in!" He said. "Alright, welcome to the team dude!" Cyborg said as he padded Will on the back. "Yeah dude, let's see what you've got." Beastboy added. He still didn't sound overly happy, but the obvious distrust in Will seemed to have disappeared now. "Oh how wonderful!" Starfire exclaimed as she hugged her newest team member. Will could feel his already damaged chest get crushed even more. "Can't...Breath!" He managed to say, and Starfire quickly let him go. "It's good to have you on the team, just don't get crushed on the first mission okay? My healing can only do so much." Raven said and Will laughed. "Only if there aren't damsels in distress!" he joked. "But right now, I could really go for some waffles."
Will ducked, dodging the kick to his face. He quickly kicked towards his opponent's legs with one foot, but Robin saw it coming and jumped over Will, making a salto in the air and following up with a kick, sending Will flying over the ground in the sparring ring. Robin walked towards him and helped him up. "You've got some decent hand to hand combat skills there, Will." Robin said, grabbing his bottle with water. "Thanks." Will replied, emptying his own bottle in one go. "Let's see how you do on the parcour, shall we?" Robin said and they walked outside. The rest of the team was already there, curious to see Will in action from up close. Robin sat down behind the controls while Will walked to the start line. He gave a thumbs up to Robin signaling he was ready to go. "Okay, get ready! In 3...2...1...GO!" Robin shouted and the light at the starting line turned green. Will started running. Now that he thought about it, he had no idea what he could expect in here. He only knew he had to reach the finish line as soon as possible. He'd done about ten steps when turrets came out of the boulders around him, firing lasers at him. Will formed a shield of light against his left arm and started making evasive maneuvers, using the shield to block the lasers he couldn't dodge. In front of him, about 20 meters ahead of him, he saw a gate with two turrets on it. Will jumped and flashed high in the air. He formed two knifes of light and threw them at the turrets. Then he flashed again, appearing on top of the gate as the knifes reached the turrets, causing them to explode besides him. Hey, a bit of showing off never hurt anyone. He jumped off on the other side and started running again. This time the ground beneath him split open and two dozen sentry bots came flying out of the cracks. Will formed more knifes and started throwing, taking out six sentry bots before they started firing on him. He formed his signature arm blades and flashed on top of the closest bot, piercing it with the blade attached to his lower arm. he jumped from bot to bot and quickly destroyed most of them. he saw a row of raised gates and flashed beneath the first one. He quickly turned around and threw knifes at the remaining bots, destroying them all. Will let out a sigh of relief, but also of exhaustion, all that flashing around was taking it's toll on him. Then he heard a loud grinding noise and the gate came crashing down on him. He quickly rolled out of the way, only just missing the heavy steel as it slammed down on the ground. "Oh come on!" Will muttered to himself as he started running again, flashing through the gates one at a time, before they could crush him. He flashed through the last gate and ran over the finish line. The titans looked at each other. "Well, that was... efficient." Robin said. "Efficient? This guy fights like a killing machine!" Beastboy added. "I don't mind if he destroys robots like that, but when we're fighting enemies of flesh and blood he'll have to figure out a less... lethal technique." Cyborg said, staring at the destroyed robots littering the field. "One that doesn't involve throwing exploding daggers you mean." Beastboy added. Will walked over to the titans, a look of exhaustion on his face. "Well, how did I do?" he asked, leaning against the wall. "Not bad, not bad at all." Robin replied. "But when we're fighting enemies of flesh and blood you can't fight like this, we tend not to kill our enemies." he continued. Will just shrugged his shoulders. "Sure thing, I can use non lethal weapons as well, I guess." he replied, even though he had no idea how. "So, what now?" Will asked. "Stankball?" Beastboy suggested. Will raised an eyebrow. "Say what now?" he asked. "You don't want to know." Raven said. "Oh you know you want to play as well girl, you had fun last time right?" Cyborg said. Raven's face turned a bit red and Will laughed. "Ah well, why not." he said.
The projectile was coming straight for his face, and Will knew there was no way in hell he could dodge it. "Well, shit." he thought as the ball of dirty laundry hit his face, knocking him down. "BOOYAH!" Cyborg yelled. "Dude, nasty!" Beastboy exclaimed, stepping away from his downed teammate. Will got up again, brushing the dirt of his clothes. "Yack, I never knew a game could be so awesome, yet so disgusting at the same time." he said, smiling. "Cy and I are just geniuses dude, crazy geniuses!" Beastboy joked. "Crazy? Yes. Genius? I don't think so." Raven said dryly, she too had been hit during the game, and she was still brushing occasional dirty sock off her cloak. "How about we have a movie night guys!?" Beastboy suggested, instantly triggering cheers from the other Titans. "I don't know, Raven, he sounds pretty genius to me." Will said to Raven with a grin. "But first, I think we could all use a shower, only one of us has the right to smell like an animal." he continued. Raven couldn't suppress a smile as she followed them inside.
They ended up watching the Lion King, since Will had no memory of it whatsoever and Beastboy and Cyborg insisted everyone should see this movie at least once. When the movie was finished it was pretty late and everybody was yawning. "Okay, I'm totally going to watch all the Disney movies!" Will exclaimed. "You know what that sounds like BB?" Cyborg asked. "Oh hell yeah, more movie nights!" Beastboy responded. Will smiled. "Thanks again for allowing me to become a Titan. You guys, and girls of course, are awesome!" he said while getting up from the couch. "Well, I think we could all use some sleep now, good night Titans." Robin said and they all headed for their rooms. In the hallway Will got an idea. "Hey Raven, can I ask you something?" he called out to Raven as she was about to enter her room. She turned around. "What is it, Will?" she asked, suppressing a yawn. Will quickly walked towards her. "I was wondering, since you have magic as well, could you learn me a thing or two about it?" Raven thought about it for a second. She hated letting people into her room, but Will had already been there and he had magic in him as well, he wouldn't just walk around like a headless chicken, breaking everything in his path. "Sure, I have some books in my room, come in." She said and they entered her room. They stood before Raven's bookcase, and Will recognized some of the books he had read before. "So, before we start, what do you know already?" Raven asked. "You seem to be quite skilled in conjuring and teleportation already." she stated. Will thought about it for a second. "I'd say nothing at all." He said. Raven raised an eyebrow. "When I use my magic it's all instinct, I have no idea what I'm doing or how it works." Will continued. "Ah, then we'll start there. It's a little late to explain magic in it's entirety now, so I'll give you this book to read tonight and tomorrow morning." Raven said as she handed him a book from one of the higher shelves. Will looked at it, it was big, heavy and it looked like it was at least ten times his age, probably even more. "Read this, and I'll start giving you lessons when you've finished it." She continued. Will looked back at Raven again. "Thanks Raven." He said. "Now if you don't mind, I'd like to go to sleep." Raven stated. "Oh, of course." Will said and he walked to the door. "Good night, Raven." He said as he left her room.
The book turned out to be a goldmine of information. He read about the myths surrounding the origin of magic, how magic was used throughout time and how the basics worked. There were dozens of different types of magic, and most people could only master one or two. He spend the entire night reading, he even skipped breakfast and just dropped down on the couch, because he wanted to finish the book so badly. Beastboy and Cyborg looked at Will, who was sitting in the corner of the couch reading a book that completely covered his upper body. "Oh no, Raven has infected him with her love for books!" Beastboy said to cyborg. "What do people with magic powers see in them, they're so boring!" Cyborg replied. Beastboy shrugged his shoulders. Just as the door opened and Raven came floating in, Will shut the book. "Hey Raven, I'm just finished with the book!" he said. Raven looked at him in surprise, he was a very fast reader. She floated over to him and took the book. "So, you're ready to start your training?" she asked him. "definitely." Will replied with a smile. "Good, let me get some books from my room and meet me at the roof." Raven said.
Raven and Will were sitting in front of each other on the roof. Raven had a tower of books next to her, almost as tall as she was, that they could use for the training. "So, I think we should start with the area you have some experience with, conjuring." Raven said, grabbing a book from the top. Will just nodded. "I want you to form something in your hand, it doesn't matter what." Raven continued, watching Will closely. Will held out his hand and formed a knife of light on it. Raven nodded."Okay, I want you to be aware of the feeling you have as you create it, that is the initiation of the magic." Raven explained. "I'm guessing these weapons were your primary use of conjuring, so they've been etched in your instincts. That's probably why you still know how to form them, even though you've forgot how to use the magic in any other way." she continued. Will looked at her. "So before my memory loss I used a lot of weapons for god knows what, cheerful thought." He said dryly. "We all have things in our past we're not proud of, just be glad you have forgotten yours." Raven said, trying to raise his mood a bit. Will nodded slowly and they continued with the lesson. "I want you to do this again, but don't let the magic take any form, just let it flow around on your hand." She said. Will closed his eyes and let the magic flow out from his hand, without purpose, just letting it flow. Raven saw the light coming from Will's hand flow around in a circle above it, waiting to be molded. "Good, very good." Raven said. "Now think of something, anything, and imagine it in your hand." She continued. Will tried to think of something to create. The light in his hand started to change shape, forming a ball the size of a tennis ball in his hand. Will opened his eyes and rolled the ball over to Raven, who picked it up and studied it. "Simple to make, a good choice for first time practice. well done." She said as the ball faded away. "I want you to practice this in your free time, try to make more complicated objects each time." Raven said as she looked through the pages in her book. "But you'll also have to learn to control the things you conjure." She continued. "Make the ball again and we'll try to make it move. Raven said. Will formed the ball again. "I've been watching your techniques on the training course, and I've seen the speed and force you throw your knifes with." Raven said. "I'm suspecting you're using your magic to give them extra power when you throw them." She continued. Will nodded, he had felt this strange sensation when throwing his knifes, but he hadn't really paid it a lot of attention. "I want you to imagine that feeling when you throw this ball, try to throw it as far as possible." Raven ordered. Will stood up and threw the ball. It flew far, but nowhere near the distance he could throw his knifes. "It's okay, try it a couple of times, and try to summon that energy just like if it was a knife." Raven said encouragingly. After a couple of times Will managed to use his magic to propel the ball far away. "Yes, I did it!" he cheered. "Yes, good." Raven agreed. "Now do it again."
The next few days Will was constantly practicing his magic, to the misfortune of some other Titans. He would walk around in the tower while levitating three balls in a circle above his hand. Occasionally he screwed up and send on of the balls flying in a random direction, smashing things or hitting unfortunate teammates against the head. "Ouch! Dude, cut it out!" Beastboy shouted as he rubbed the place the magic ball hit his head. "Uhm Will, I think it's better if you practice in the gym or on the roof." Robin said, carefully setting down his cup of tea behind him. "Yeah, sorry. I'll do that." Will said with an embarrassed smile on his face. Then the alarms started blaring, interrupting them. Dr. Light was attacking a museum. "Titans, go!" Robin shouted and they got in the T-car. Will was excited, this was his first mission as part of the team, he really had to be careful not to screw it up. When they arrived Dr. Light was just stepping outside with some sort of gem. "You know, most people just go to the shop when they want jewelry." Robin said sarcastically. Dr. Light looked at them. "I'll show you what this gem can do." He shouted as he placed it in his suit. "Who's the new kid?" He continued. The titans attacked, not bothering to answer him. Cyborg shot sonic blasts at Dr. Light, while Robin and Starfire bombarded him with birdarangs and star bolts. But Dr. Light raised an energy shield around him, blocking the incoming projectiles. Beastboy transformed into a triceratops and charged at Dr. Light, but he shot a beam of light through the shield at Beastboy, throwing him on his back. "Titans, we need a way to break the shield!" Robin yelled, just dodging another blast of light. Raven shot black lightning at the shield, but the gem made Dr. Light's powers to strong to break. Will Thought about how he could be useful here, he couldn't use his knifes or arm blades, and he couldn't get to Dr. Light for close combat, thanks to the shield. Or could he? "Raven, we can't break that shield, but we can get in there!" he shouted. Raven looked at him, then nodded. She used her magic to phase through the ground and get up next to Dr. Light inside the shield. Will also flashed in next to her, and together they assaulted Dr. Light in close combat. He had to defend himself, causing his concentration to falter, making the shield disappear. "Titans, now!" Robin shouted and they all attacked Dr. Light at once, Robin taking out the gem of Light's suit, breaking his power. "It's over Light, surrender." Robin said threateningly, holding Dr. Light with one hand while raising his other as a fist. "Okay, okay! You win!" Light cried out, raising his arms in the air as token of his surrender. "That's what I thought." Robin said. They gave Light to the police, who had just arrived, and walked back to the T-car. "Nice thinking guys!" Robin said to Will and Raven. "It was Will's idea." Raven said. Robin nodded. "Good to have you on the team Will." He said. "Thanks." Will replied with a smile
Once back in the tower they had another movie night. They watched Tangled this time. "I will never look at a frying pan the same again." Will said when the movie was finished. "Of course the horse was the hero in this story." Beastboy said grinning. "Yeah, in your dreams. The gecko was the real hero there!" Cyborg replied. "Well, I have to meditate, so good night everyone." Raven said as she got up. "Mind if I join you? I could really use some meditation as well." Will said and he got up as well. "Okay." Raven said as she floated towards the door. "The roof?" Will asked as he walked next to her. "why not?" Raven replied and they went to the roof. The last few days Will had accompanied Raven every time she went meditating. That had two reasons. One was that he liked meditating with her, the second reason was that he used these sessions to investigate what was going on his mind. Ever since that weird dream from a couple days ago he had this feeling something was hiding in his mind, something bad. They sat down in meditation position, Raven levitating in the air while Will was sitting on the hard, cold stone. "Man, I really need to learn how to levitate." He thought with a sour face. Then he closed his eyes. "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos." They chanted, sending them both into trance.
Will walked around in the grassy plain in his mind. It hadn't really changed since his first visit, it still looked peaceful and quiet. Well, everything except the ruins of the mountain that is. Will hadn't looked their yet, even though he knew that was probably where the answers lay. He had just dreaded going there, but he had searched everywhere else already, so there wasn't much of a choice left. He started walking to the ruins, which were nothing more than piles of broken boulders. Will wished Raven was here, so he wouldn't have to face whatever was hiding here alone. But the risk was to great, he didn't really care if he'd get hurt himself, he had quite some experience on that matter already, but he couldn't risk letting Raven get hurt. "Ah well, Here goes nothing." Will said as he arrived at the first rocks. He started climbing through them. It was a good thing he seemed to be good at climbing, because there was no even plateau to be seen, just sharp, broken stone. It didn't take long for him to get the feeling he was being watched. He climbed around some more when he suddenly saw a figure disappearing behind a rock. He quickly ran towards it, but the figure was long gone when Will arrived. Will looked around him, this could take ages. "Light's out." A voice behind him said. "Well, maybe not ages." Will thought to himself as he got hit on the back of his head and darkness surrounded him.
So yeah, another chapter finished. If you liked it, give some feedback. Or don't, I'm kinda used to that now.
