Tornadoes. Her own element was tearing apart Aria's family. She couldn't control this one. It was too strong. Too powerful. Even Raven couldn't get it under wraps, no matter what spell she cast. Aria's eyes had that evil film over them, just like they did the night when Sonic Boom toyed with her mind. She was causing all this destruction.

Emanating from the roof of the Titans' Tower, a massive cyclone was tearing apart the structure itself. The innocent screams and shouts from the citizens of Jump City were audible from the small island. Aria's sobs were loud. She wasn't at all affected by the storm she created. A wicked cackle sounded from behind her.

"Evil, little Aria." It was Diamond from The Terrible Trio. "I knew you were a bad egg, but this? It's beautiful."

Completely oblivious to the current weather anomaly Diamond began to twirl around on the roof with her cat-like balance. She shoved her hand in her pocket and threw a handful of glitter into the air, watching it swirl around the environment.

"Pure corruption!" Silhouette commented, loving the evil almost as much as her leader. Sonic Boom was just standing there, studying the beautiful accident.

"Now do you see?" Red X was the next to speak, sitting right in front of Aria. "You aren't cut out for this...good girl character you're trying to play. It's all an act. Even I can see that. Do yourself a favor and just...be bad."

Aria gasped at the mere thought. She wasn't bad, or, at least, she didn't want to be. Her nature wasn't what she wanted, and she would do anything to change what she was, but she can't. Nothing can be done to save her from herself.

"Never!" Aria screeched, frantic. "You want me to be bad!? Don't you understand!? I can't be bad! I have to be good! I have to be!"

"Aria!" Red X laughed. "Forgive me, but what exactly do you call this?" He asked, motioning to the enormous twister that Aria had incidentally created. "Doesn't look too good to me."

"Stop it, stop it, stop it!" Aria ran away from him, covering her ears to keep from hearing anything else he had to say. "I hate you, I hate you! Get away from me!" She yelled, not caring about where she was going, even when she was headed straight for the tornado.

She gasped before realizing that she was in the eye of the storm. She was in the dead center of it, watching the mayhem unfold from the point of view of the storm itself.

Aria's eyes opened quickly, searching for some sign of life. She turned her head around to see the still snoring body of Beast Boy. She sighed and sat up straight, searching for her clock. When she found it, she discovered the it was 7:04 in the morning. Aria smiled and turned to Beast Boy for a second time. He was still asleep, a good thing on her end.

Aria slowly crept out of bed, being sure not to wake the boy up. She floated swiftly to her dresser, to eliminate any extraneous creaking of the floor boards, and looked in the mirror. Her mask, still in place, was staring back at her in the reflection. Aria lightly traced the outline of the mask, as if she were silently saying goodbye. Aria then moved her attention to her hair, which was usually straight, but this morning was curled at the ends.

Aria's eyes widened at this discovery and she quickly grabbed her brush to straighten out the waves in her soft, white hair. She pulled her hair over her left shoulder, so it was easier to brush, and made a third discovery. On the right side of her neck, there was a small mark. It was a perfectly straight, equilateral triangle, that was all black.

"No." Aria whispered. She glanced over her shoulder to see if Beast Boy had stirred, but he hadn't. Aria let out the breath she was holding and returned to her reflection. "Something bad is going to happen today. I can feel it." She whispered to herself.

Aria headed for the bedroom door, after grabbing her shoes off the floor, and opened it up. She scanned the halls and slipped out of her bedroom. She turned a corner and found the door she was looking for. She opened it up, revealing a flight of stairs and soared upwards, before finding another door. She then opened that one and found herself outside, on the roof of the Titans' Tower.

"This is where the dream was." Aria sighed to herself. "If only I knew what it meant. Will...Will today be the day?" She asked herself quietly. Even though she was alone, she was still fearful of someone- anyone- hearing her.

Aria slowly levitated to the center of the roof. The sun was shining down on her, but she didn't feel the warmth. She looked at the sky, but didn't see the blue, a million things buzzing about in her mind. Was everything she worked so hard for about to vanish? Was her world about to crumble beneath her own two feet? She didn't know, but she had a strong feeling that this day would be a bad one.

"Hey." A male voice said from behind her. Aria, startled, gasped and spun around to see the leader of the Teen Titans. "Sorry. Didn't mean to scare you." Robin said.

"What are you doing up here?" Aria asked, ignoring the apology. Robin just raised an eyebrow.

"I was about to ask you the same thing." He said. Aria only stared at him, having no excuse prepared.

What was she to say to him? Admit she'd had another nightmare or vision or whatever they were? No. That would only worry him and she didn't feel like doing that to anyone else. Lie? No. He would know if she was telling the truth or not. Silence was safest in her book.

"Hungry?" Robin asked after a moment of Aria's self conflict.

"Uh, yeah." She stammered. "I could eat."

Robin smiled then motioned for Aria to follow him down the stairs. As soon as his back was turned, Aria found herself scowling at him. She was annoyed that he had interrupted her thinking and barged in on her without a good reason. She caught herself with this facial expression and forced herself to relax the muscles in her face. She had to remember that she was with the good guys. She had to.

The pair walked back downstairs and down the hall until they reached the living room, where everyone else was gathered and eating. The first one to see them was Raven, but she kept it low-key, wanting to study Aria and determine her mental stability.

"Aria!" Beast Boy's voice called. "Why didn't you wake me up?" He was walking towards her as he spoke. Aria managed a small smile.

"I didn't want to disturb you." She lied. All she wanted was a few minutes to herself. "Sorry." Beast Boy smiled.

"It's okay. Breakfast?" He offered and Aria nodded, accepting the offer.

Raven was watching intently when her thoughts were put on hold when a body sat next to her. It belonged to Robin.

"What's going on?" He asked, being the only one seeming to notice Raven's suspicious glances. "Why are you hounding Aria's every move? She's back. Isn't that a good thing?" Raven inhaled and closed her eyes.

"How did she know we were there?" Raven answered his questions with a question. Robin simply replied with a puzzled look. "Exactly. She started talking about being bad before I even told her we were in. What if the speech she made was more than just a distraction? What if she was really considering turning bad?"

"Hm." Robin hummed. "Those are all very good questions, Raven. Why don't you ask her yourself?" Raven shook her head.

"Do you think she'll tell me the truth?" She asked rhetorically. "That's doubtful. And what do you think she meant by 'conditioning' herself to be good?"

"Another good question." Robin said coolly. Raven opened her eyes to glare at him. "But, the only way to know for sure and get the answers are to hear them from Aria, herself. And did you notice the mark on her neck? The little triangle? That wasn't there before, was it?"

Raven shook her head and they both turned to watch Aria pick at the food Cyborg had placed in front of her. Aria's face was sullen and glued to her plate. She was avoiding eye contact with anyone and everyone. Raven narrowed her eyes and focused on trying to read Aria's thoughts, but she couldn't penetrate the walls of her mind. Raven let out a frustrated sigh.

"Cut it out." Robin ordered, not bothering to look at Raven. "If Aria thinks we need to know whatever is going on with her, she'll tell us. Trust me." Raven looked at Robin and sighed before nodding.

"Alright, Robin." She said reluctantly. "I just...I hope you know what you're getting all of us into." For the first time in a very long time, Raven was doubting her leader's judgement.

"Friends!" Starfire called to Raven and Robin. "Are we not training today? Are we having another one of you Earth's 'day off's?" Robin looked around the room to get see everyone's face. He got a good look at everyone, except Aria. She was still refusing to look at anyone.

"Aria." Robin called. Aria slowly looked in his direction, waiting for him to speak again. "What do you think? Are you up to it?"

"Uh..." Aria stalled. She looked at Beast Boy who was smiling and gave a very slight grin in return. "Sure, Robin. Let's do it." Cheers came from the three members of the team who didn't have a reason to fret.

"Boo-yah!" Cyborg cried. "This is gonna be epic!"

Yeah, I know. Sucky, short chappie, but hey, it's something.

anyway, I know I'm a jerk for all the cliffhangers, but spoiler alert and spoiler alert because spoiler alert and I want to lead into that in a really cool way!

And if no one is reading this because I'm such a twat, I deserve the hate.

Review (if you want) and enjoy the rest of the story!