Whoa, two chapters in one day? Boy, am I on a roll!

Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans, except I do own the idea of Valequestations!

"Good, you're up. I was just about to come wake you."

Raven got to her feet from the tangled mess her legs were in, and she turned around, her arms crossed.

"I see that you have found some suitable attire. I doubt that you would've wanted to only wear the pajamas." He said.

"Do you mean the tracking device? The one attached to the top of the so-called 'pajamas'? Don't worry, I've still got them on." Raven said, her eyes narrowed.

Well, you won't be needing them anymore." He said.

"What to you want with me Raz?" She asked, tired of the small talk.

"All in good time."

"What is that, your motto?"

"Nah. My motto is, 'Don't talk smack to me 'cause you'll regret it.'"

"You'd better change your motto then; I don't think anyone will regret it."

"By 'anyone', do you mean you?"

"By 'you'll', do you mean me?"

"Close enough."

"Precisely."

He advanced towards her, walking around her in a slow circle.

"You really want to know, don't you? You're dying to find out. Why did I pretend to know Cyborg? Why did I steal you? The questions are endless, aren't they, Raven?"

"You're half right. If I was dying to find out, I'd already know, since I'm in Hell 'cause you're here." She said, a small smirk on the corners of her lips.

"I said don't talk smack to me!" He said, brutally slapping her cheek with the back of his hand. He was starting to show his true colors.

"Hey!" A young female voice rang out. They both turned to the doorway where the voice came from.

"Farris?" Raz asked.

"You had strict orders from Father. Do not hurt her." She said, walking over to them.

"I didn't hurt her, Farris. I just showed her not to use her attitude." He said.

"Really? 'Cause from the looks of it, you smacked her pretty hard. You'd better leave her alone if you don't want me squealing." Farris said, examining the purplish black bruise on Raven's cheek. "Come on," Farris said to her." "I'll get you cleaned up." She put an arm around Raven's shoulders and led her away from Raz and out the door.

"Oh, and Father wants to talk with you." She said, looking over her own shoulder.

She led Raven out the door into a hallway, then grabbed her hand and brought her into another room, no doubt the bathroom.

"Sorry about that," she said, sitting Raven down on the toilet. "My brother has some anger issues."

"So I've seen." Raven replied. "If you don't mind me asking, who are you?"

"I'm Farris Baros, daughter of Rook Baros and sister of Razputin Baros. I'm eighteen, and officially not a newbie anymore."

"A newbie? At what??" Raven asked, tilting her head as Farris gently scrubbed her swollen cheek.

"Demonhood, 'course."

Raven's eyes bugged out of their sockets, and she almost fell off the toilet.

"I'm sorry, what?" Raven asked.

"De-mon-hoo-d." She sounded out.

"Demonhood? You're a demon?"

"Yeah. I've been one for, uh, 'bout a year, I guess." She pulled her silky black hair back, revealing her pale face and blue yes, like her brother.

"If you're a demon, then Raz is one too?" Raven asked, hoping she was wrong.

"Yep. But don't worry; we're not the 'eat your flesh right off your bones and spit fire from our mouths and stuff' kind of demons. We're valequestations (val u quest ations)."

"Valequestations? Don't you come from the seed of a Falation fruit, planted under the shady grove of a grape vine, in south Australia?"

"I'm impressed. You know your stuff."

"Yes, well, I, um, read a lot."

"It's okay, you don't need to make up excuses. I know all about your heritage, you being half demon, your father Trigon the Terrible. In fact, he's the reason you're here. Trigon, that is."

"What? But I just defeated him a year ago. How…"

"Well, I'm not exactly sure about everything, so you might wanna ask Father."

"Father?"

"Rook Baros. I think you met him once, when you were four? I think he came right after Trigon visited him."

"Trigon visited him? How?"

"Like I said, I don't know. Anyway, I know that no one's gonna warm up to you quickly, so how 'bout we stick together. I'm sure it's better than being with Raz, and I could use a friend."

"How long am I going to be here?"

"Again, don't know. But listen, I know that Raz and my father won't tell you this, and even though I'm forbidden to, you need to know. Can I trust you?"

Raven looked at her, and now she knew why she couldn't feel Raz's emotions. He was a demon. He didn't have any. She looked at Farris straight in the eye, and she slowly nodded.

"Okay. So you know how Valequestations are born from a seed and everything? Well, that's where the root began. But that's not how most of us are made. My father, he was born from the Falation fruit seed, but my mother wasn't. She was human first.

"My father saw her one-day, riding a train, and he fell in love with her beauty. He found out where she worked, and he found out her birthday. He followed her home on the night of her birthday, and he snuck into her bedroom. She was fast asleep, and he lightly bit down on the skin of her heel. She didn't wake up, but she was shaking uncontrollably. My father took her to his realm, where she woke up, and found out what had happened. She couldn't change back, so she accepted it. Since we demons live as normal beings, undercover sort of, are names are changed so we can't be recognized by our past. My mother's name was Elizabeth, but now it's Vixen. You see, a demon can bite as many people as he or she pleases, but the demon has to love that person that it bites. My brother and I were originally humans also, but from what Raz told me, we were orphans on the street. He was ten, and I was three. I believe that my mother, Vixen, saw us and felt sorrow, which changed to love. She found us sleeping behind a dumpster, and she bit my neck and Raz's cheek. That moon shaped scar on his face, that's where she bit him." She pulled down the collar of her shirt. A small lip shaped mark rested on her neck. "She bit me here. According to my brother, my name was Melissa, and his was Jonathon. But they were changed to Farris and Razputin. Fare and Raz for short." She put the collar back where it belonged and looked into Raven's eyes. "I don't know much, but I do know that Raz brought you here because he wants to bite you."

Raven's jaw dropped. If she had her powers, the bathroom would have exploded. She then swiftly picked her jaw back up and squeaked out, "Bite me? As in turn me in a Valequestation?"

"That's right." Farris said softly.

"But I'm already half demon." Raven said, her voice still a little high pitched.

"Well, you'll be half Valequestation and half whatever demon you are. You're human half will be gone." Farris gave her shoulder an encouraging squeeze.

"You said that demons could only bite the ones they love. If Raz is planning on biting me, then…" She couldn't finish the sentence.

"Then you have an admirer!" Farris teased. Raven shot her a death glare, only she didn't seem fazed at all.

"I'm sorry, but I don't want to become a valequestation." Raven said.

"Yeah, my brother hates being a valequestation. That's why he's so cold. You'll warm up to him eventually. It took me awhile, but he is my brother."

Raven rubbed the cheek where she'd been hit, and looked down at the blood red dress she was wearing. "Come on, you can borrow some of my clothes." Farris said, and she stood up and walked out of the room. Raven just sat there, thinking. 'Raz wants to turn me into a valequestation, he wants to turn me into a full demon. I won't have any emotions. I'll never be able to see my friends again. I'll have to be with Raz my whole life. I can't loose Beast Boy, Starfire, Cyborg, Robin… I have to get out of here. I have to get my powers back, and I need to escape.'

"You coming?" Farris asked, her head poking in the door.

"Oh, yeah." Raven said, getting up. 'Maybe Farris can help me. She seems to trust me. She was like me once. Well, she was half of me once. Human.'

Raven followed Farris into her bedroom, which was all black. The walls were lined with silver bookshelves, the bed was lined with silver although the covers were a dark blue, it looked a lot like Raven's room at the tower. "Here," Farris said, tossing her a pair of black skinny jeans, a dark blue shirt with silver covering the seams, and some black Converse. "Sorry if you don't like the style," Farris said. "Although I'm guessing you do."

"Thanks." Raven said. She walked into the corner of the room and slipped off the dress and pajamas, leaving her in an undershirt and underwear. She took off her boots, and slipped on the jeans, then the shirt, and sat down and tied the laces on the Converse.

Farris then walked out of her bedroom, making sure Raven was behind her, and slid close the door. As they walked down the hallway, Raven asked something that had been nagging at her mind. "Farris, when you explained the demon process about your mother, you said that your father bit her on her birthday? Why her birthday?"

"It only works on Birthdays. It's pretty strange."

"So, if Raz… bites me, it'll be on my birthday?"

"Yep. You're sixteen, right?"

"Yes."

"You turned into the portal that day."

"Well, I was supposed to, but it was the day after." Raven wondered why she was sharing all this information. She never let out this much with Starfire.

"So, when's your birthday?"

"…June 2nd." Raven said, unsurely. (A/N I don't know her real birthday so I made it up. Sorry if it's wrong.)

"Today's June 1st." Farris said.

"He's going to bite me tomorrow." Raven realized.

"What happens if he doesn't succeed?" Raven asked. "What happens if he doesn't bite me on my birthday?"

"Well, it's never happened, but if he doesn't succeed, then he just waits till next year. But, because of the situation, he might use the drink of Death Bond."

"Death Bond? That's the only drink that can bind you to a demon." Raven said.

"Yeah. It'll turn you into a demon, and will bond you to Raz. Mind connection, fighting skills, wisdom, everything you two have will be connected."

They turned the corner of the hallway and ended up in a large room, sort of like a conference room. There were only two other people in there: Raz, and what Raven assumed to be Rook, or Father, as Farris called him.

"Raven, I see you're all cleaned up. Sorry about Raz, he's still controlling his anger issues." Rook said with a chuckle. "I suppose my daughter has told you everything about us?" He asked, raising an eyebrow at his daughter. Farris blushed, and looked down. "It's okay, Fare, you have saved time so I do not have to explain."

Raz coughed, which to Raven mysteriously sounded like 'Good for you.'

"I know that my daughter does not know about the deal we have made with Trigon, though I'm guessing she mentioned something about it, so I will tell you, for your sake." Rook said. "When your mother Arella, beautiful woman, was pregnant with you, Trigon summoned me. He told me about how you were to end the world, and how if anything went wrong, we would help finish the job. You see Raven, your father wanted you to destroy the world, and since you have Trigon's blood in you, you are very powerful. If you connected your power with Raz's power then you two would be unstoppable."

Raven backed away from them. They wanted her to destroy the world. Does it ever end?

"No," she said, finding her voice, "I will not help you destroy the world. Helping Trigon was my destiny, not helping you. I could not escape my destiny, for a while, but I don't have to follow you. I can walk right out the door."

"What door?" Rook asked. "You cannot escape, Raven. Do you really think we're just improvising? We have everything planned." He looked down at his watch. "Speaking of planned, it's time you got to bed. Sweet dreams." And with that Farris pulled her out of the room and back into the hallway.

"Farris, I have to get out of here. Please, I need you to help me." Raven hated saying those words, but she had to.

"I really want to, but I can't. You already lost your power, I can't afford to lose mine."

They walked down the hallway in silence. Farris stuck her arm out so Raven would stop, and she turned to a door. "Here's your quarters." Farris said.

"Good night." Raven said quietly.

She slid open the door and walked in, sliding it close behind her. She found some silk PJ pants on the black bed, and she slipped them on, sliding under the covers. She lay there, staring at the ceiling, thinking of possible escape routes. She lay there for hours, not falling asleep. She didn't notice when the clock on the right wall hit 12:00 AM. She didn't notice the door to her room open. She didn't notice anything until she felt someone breathing on the back of her neck.