Midnight Kitten: I feel bad…I was hoping to hear from people…but then I guess my story is not that much worth it. I'll still finish this because of my love of writing and of teen titans. I just wished people would tell me if something was wrong. Oh well! Go on!

Disclaimer: I still don't own them.

Veiled Trepidation

Chapter 9: Shining darkness

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"That's why I have control"

The green changeling turned around to meet the person who was talking to him but there was no one.

"Why are you here Beastboy? ANSWER ME!" The voice boomed from behind the boy and immediately as he turned around, he saw two violet orbs glaring angrily at him. "Why have you come?"

"Raven! I have been looking everywhere for you! Where were you?" Beastboy asked, gripping Raven's shoulders firmly. He shook her a bit as he spoke. The goth took his hands and removed them from her body. She looked at him then turned away.

"Go back, I have no reason to explain my reasons and whereabouts. Leave. You will not get your answers here" Raven calmly said as she looked at Memory who was holding a crystal ball in her hands. "Mnemosyne, send Beastboy out of here. We still have trouble in our midst and I cannot stay for long." Raven explained.

"I'm not going anywhere until you give me answers Raven!" Beastboy demanded, crossing his arms in front of his chest. "Even if you wanted to leave, you could have told us where you were!"

"Beastboy, all that you need, all answers were in front of you. Ever bothered to open your eyes to them? Ever thought what those were and why they magically appear to you through different people?" Raven said, keeping her temper to the limit. She faced Beastboy.

"Could you have not told us directly? We are worried sick about you!" Beastboy yelled at the blue haired girl. She turned away, her eyes filled with anger.

"I had been cursed" She simply said.

"I don't get you! You're the most powerful girl I know! You can break any curse anyone flings at you!" Beastboy reasoned. He was fuming mad. Raven was not making sense. Behind him Mnemosyne was chanting series of words as the crystal ball in front of her floated.

"Not when the curse is done voluntarily." With that she was engulfed by the shadows and disappeared. Beastboy turned around to see Memory still chanting. He looked at her then concentrated closely on the swirling green gas in the crystal ball. A chain of pictures appeared in it. A frozen comet slashed through the gas as it circled around the moon. The next image was a bird flying in the underground in a cave, when it almost made contact with a familiar monument, both entities burned to ashes. A flash of memory blasted in Beastboy's mind. Comet, moon, bird, fire… Beastboy with his green eyes wide open realized something he had overlooked. He moved his eyes to Mnemosyne.

"It wasn't Raven. It wasn't her that saved the little girl, it wasn't Raven that wrote the letter, it wasn't her that spoke to me that time in the planetarium was it? It was you." Beastboy dropped his arms to his side and glared at Mnemosyne. She opened her eyes and frowned. "Memory, why did you do it?"

"When Raven is in pain, I get hurt too. When she suffers from her strong power, I suffer with her. I remember all the sadness, the hurt, the anguish. I am her memory and everything she saw I see. I don't want Raven to feel those anymore. Most of them were because of you and your friends!"

"If you didn't want Raven to be found then why lead me here when I can find all the answers I need? I can find her as long as I am in her mind." Beastboy asked.

"Raven didn't want me to stop you from looking for her. I tried to reason with her, I told her this was the only way so that she wouldn't have to cry every single night she spent alone in her dark room. As long as you had hope that you'll find her, she would not allow me to intervene. So the only way I could talk to you without Raven knowing was to lead you here. This is my sanctuary." She spread her arms, the crystal ball still levitating but was now growing brighter.

"You had to bring me here to stop me from looking for Raven?"

"Yes…that was before."

"Before? What happened now?"

"Raven is weakening. She is in trouble and she won't let any of her emotions interfere with what she is doing." Tears flowed from Memory's eyes. She held the crystal ball and closed her eyes once more, blocking out everything. "I didn't just send you those clues to lure you here. They can tell you where Raven is but that is all the information I am allowed to give."

A blinding light erupted from the ball and suddenly Beastboy found himself back in his room. He was determined more than ever to find out what was going on.

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"How did you get here? You are not welcomed traitor!" voices from behind two pillars spoke out. One by one different colored cloaks emerged, their faces grim and angered. In the centre stood Raven.

"Hello Raven" a blonde haired girl grinned. She flipped her hair back and twirled around. "Like the dress Beastboy gave me?"

"That does not belong to you" Raven said coolly. She raised her brow and smirked "Dark is not your color traitor"

"I am Terra! And I have betrayed no one!" Terra screamed at the purple eyed one. She stood steps away from Raven. A gust of wind blew in their direction. The emotions slowly retreated as a golden cloaked one appeared on Raven's left and another one in camouflage green on Raven's right.

"You are an ungrateful spoiled brat and you can't be trusted." Raven snapped. She took a step forward, the other two still standing behind her.

"You…" Terra growled. Her bold blue eyes glared at Raven's purple ones. Terra raised her hand and almost slapped Raven when another arm blocked her. Terra looked at Power who had suddenly turned fierce.

"I had brought you back to life with my own blood! I had kept your secret because you asked me to and how did you treat me?" Raven said "You stole my friend that night at the party, you took the very people that had ever cared about me and what's worse? You went to my father and asked him to make you his apprentice?"

"That is none of your business! Just because you can't get what I can have that doesn't mean I have to be like you!" Terra fought back. She snatched her hand away from Power and balled them into fists. Her eyes glowed yellow.

A resounding slap echoed in Nevermore. Raven stood, wide eyed, as Memory's hand marked pink on Terra's face.

"You should know your place." Memory drew back her hand. "You know better than to give someone's soul away to gain something for yourself."

"Trigon will never guarantee what you ask will be given" Power said, crossing her arms over her chest "We know what you did Terra and that's how you became a real traitor"

"What you did while you were Slade's apprentice was already hard to forget." Memory answered for Raven. Memory knew what Raven had to go through while she was searching for a cure to bring Terra back. When she actually found the cure, Raven had to give a spoonful of her blood. The sleepless nights, the early morning hours of loneliness Raven had to go through. Enough was enough; there is always the limit to someone's power.

"You became a traitor Terra, the moment you said yes. Trigon is my father and I am his portal when he comes for you, he will go through me and you tell me it is not my business?" Raven finally spoke out and signaled the two to back away. They followed and simply stood quiet, hidden in the shadows. Raven walked nearer to Terra. The sky grew darker as each heart beat pumps blood in both their bodies. Terra was shaking, her blonde hair falling limp on her shoulders. The goth took out a clip from her cloak and presented it to Terra.

"There are two things that belong to me that are in your possession. I want them back." Raven said in a monotone voice. Terra looked at the clip then at Raven. She clouted Raven's hand. The silver clip dropped to the floor with a loud clang. Nobody attempted to pick it up.

"Aren't you being selfish? Trading two for one?" Terra mocked. She reached into her dress and brought out the moon pendant that shone as the garnet stones reflected the little light in Nevermore.

"You're the selfish one Terra. You have involved my friends just to satisfy your quest for control" Raven answered, her voice still patient and cool. She bent down and held the pin. The goth did not stand up. "Is being with Beastboy always, caring for him, your way of consoling yourself?"

"I don't know what you're talking about. I love Beasboy and that's why I'm staying with him all this time. Are you jealous? Because you're alone?" Terra said. The blonde girl had already turned around and began to walk away, her hands resting atop her head.

"Bite your tongue" Memory retorted. Terra's rudeness was irritating her already.

"That's enough Mnemosyne" Raven stood up, her violet eyes showing determination. "You know perfectly well what I'm talking about. I know you do."

Terra stopped dead in her tracks as her arms fell limply on her sides. She dared not look back. The cloaked girls, except Raven teleported themselves in front of Terra and prevented her from leaving.

"You sold his soul to Trigon, Terra" The violet haired girl said. She stood up and stayed where she was. Her voice reaching Terra's mind, infiltrating it and implanting words. Terra balled her fists. "To love is to sacrifice, that may be true. But to have only one person get hurt for the sake of the other when he has no knowledge of it? That's a different story. When you love someone, sacrifice is done voluntarily!"

"You're one to talk huh Raven?" Terra smirked as she faced the goth. Blue eyes met violet orbs. "For a girl who cannot have emotions, you sure are full of yourself." She slowly walked in circles around Raven. "You have the guts to talk to me like that when you don't even know what it feels like to love" Terra stopped a foot away from Raven. "You are just an empty puppet that yearns to be human"

"And you don't know what's going on" Power answered for Raven who she noticed was slowly backing away. "Why do you think Raven disappeared all of a sudden?"

"I don't care. As long as she was gone, I didn't need to know where she is and what the hell she is doing!" Terra spat. She stepped back after she noticed an eerie glow surrounding Raven. Something felt wrong but Terra dismissed it.

"Memory, a little help?" Power requested and bowed a little, giving way to the golden-cloaked Raven space to walk. Memory was carrying the crystal ball like before but this time black smoke was fighting with the white smoke, none was dominating. Suddenly, Nevermore had faded away to be replaced by the scenery of a cave.

A cloaked girl was walking towards a large marble monument of a devil. The girl drew back her hood and revealed angered eyes.

"I am here to ask for a request." The goth known as Raven said in calmed manner. She looked intently at the statue as it changed color and slowly moved.

"What do you wish for my daughter that you have disturbed my sleep?" Trigon answered. He cracked his neck and knuckles.

"I want to take place as the sacrifice. I know about your deal with Terra. She has come to life from my blood. I am responsible for her actions." Raven answered with respect; after all, he is her father. The red demon laughed deeply

"What you do is your own matter but what she chooses to do is out of your responsibility. It is her life. Let her do what she desires." Trigon replied, his voice still containing laughter and sarcasm.

"It is not her place I am replacing with myself, Trigon. It's his." She said. Raven levitated above Trigon's lap. She chanted then her black powers lifted an urn in the cave where a tall candle stood. The girl brought it to Trigon and showed him the face of the sacrifice she was talking about. Inside, the image of a green skinned teen burned in the candle wax.

"Very well. It is her I want, I can let him go on certain conditions" Trigon agreed to the demand and flicked the urn away from him. He let out his palm. Raven knowing this gesture moved to it and sat there, kneeling, her back straight as she looked up at the white-mane demon.

"Speak and let them be known. I will do your bidding as long as you keep your word." Raven said.

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Midnight kitten: Ok guys! It's almost done! Just a few more chapters and it'll be done. Please be patient…I'm just a kid. I can't really type fast. As a random fact, I play neopets (snowykitten623). You can befriend me! I'm not picky. Ok then see you guys! Please review if you have time!