Raven P.O.V.

When I saw the mark on Ric's head, I almost lost it. I was hurt, sad, and above all, angry. How could he work for my father?! I knew that this was the final betrayal; I will not let him hurt me again. When he teleported away I fell to my knees with tears pouring out of my eyes and Robin's hand on my shoulder. I stopped crying after a few minutes, and stood up. Beastboy touched something and a pillar broke, revealing my father's mark.

"The Mark of Scath," Robin said. I looked at him with wide eyes. "Slade told me the name." He started walking into the library. "Wait, w-we shouldn't go in!" I said. The others looked at me. "I-It's probably a trap." I explained. "It's also our only lead." Robin responded. "We'll just have to chance it." He nodded to Starfire who ripped the doors out of their hinges. We all walked in, with Cyborg in the lead shining his giant flashlight in his shoulder. We walked for a little bit, in silence, when Beastboy spoke. "Dudes, even without the creepy librarians, I'm not diggin' this place." We continued until we got to the other side of the building.

"It's a dead end." Robin pointed out. "There's nothing here." I took a step forward. "Can we go now?" The mark of Scath appeared on my forehead briefly, and a hidden door opened. Beastboy squealed in surprise. "Uh, I mean, cool! A secret passage!" he tried to cover it up. "You go first." He said to Cyborg, who shone his flashlight down the passage and started walking. As we walked, we saw a crap load of statues of skeletons in cloaks. We stopped when we reached a large room. "I did not realise Earth's libraries housed such unpleasant sculptures." Starfire thought out loud. "They don't," Cyborg responded. "This part of the building is old, I mean OLD old. Like, before the city was built."

As I stepped forward, the mark on my forehead showed, and magic runes lit up with a red light all over the room. The eyes of the skeleton statues lit up and astral forms of the statues emerged. They spoke in a very ominous tone. "The gem was born of evil's fire. The gem shall be his portal. He comes to claim, he comes to sire, the end of all things mortal." The marks all over my body showed as they spoke. I gasped and covered my body with my cloak and ran back into the passage. Robin turned around and saw me. "Raven?" he called, following me. Just before I reached the top, he called me again. "Raven!" I stopped, as did he. "Are you OK?" he asked. "This place, it's… I shouldn't be here!" I managed say. "It's all wrong." I muttered. "What's going on Raven? What aren't you telling me?" he asked as he walked closer to me. "I can't explain, I just need to leave. I can't go back in there." I told him as I turned into my soul self and flew out of there.

I arrived at the tower and went straight my room. I put together all the items necessary to create a portal home. "You might be able to stop me from meditating," I said to the air. "But you can't stop me from leaving." I sat in the middle of the pentagram I created and chanted. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos. Carazon Rakashas Enderez. Vaserix Endrien Azararth. Azarath, AZARATH!" As I said the last few words, a portal appeared above me, and I got sucked into it.

As I was flying through the wormhole, I encountered a magical barrier that was blocking me out. I tried to break it, but had no success. "Let me in!" I yelled as I finally broke the barrier and landed in Azarath, the city I was born in. "Azarath." I whispered. "My last hope." I was walking through the city I noticed there was no one around. It was a ghost town. (A/N: bad pun, I know.) "Hello?" I called out. I just continued to walk for some time. "It's like I expected a parade, but…" I was cut off a dove flew over my head. I followed it and it lead to a woman in white robes with purple hair, grey eyes, and a gemstone on her forehead. I instantly knew who it was. "Arella." I said in realisation as she walked away.

"No wait." I said to her. She stopped. "I've come back. Mother, please help me." I begged. You always had a home here my child, but help, I could not give." She replied as she turned around. "The prophecy is happening." I told her. "You have to tell me how to stop it." I showed her the Book of Scath. "Nothing could be done. The promise of your birth was absolute." She said with an emotionless expression. "I don't believe you!" I half-yelled at her."There has to a way." I heard footstep approaching. "There is always a way." A new voice said. My mother and I turned to look at the owner of the voice.

"White Raven." Mother hissed. "White Raven, the most dangerous assassin in existence?" I thought to myself. I had never seen such distaste from my mother before. She must really not like this guy. He was wearing a black long-sleeved shirt with a single red stripe down each sleeve, black leather pants, black combat boots with steel tips, and a long black cloak. He had so many weapons on him. Two katanas, shuriken, throwing knives, a medieval dagger, a pistol holstered to each of his thighs, and a flute attached to his left forearm, which confused me a little bit. "Take your hood off when you're talking to us." Mother said sternly. He chuckled and complied, revealing white hair with a few strips of black, and mismatched eyes, the right being icy blue, and the left a dark lavender.

"Arella, Angel." He greeted us. "You look different." My mother said to him. He smirked. "Oh, I'm sorry." He said as he closed his eyes. The black strips in his hair vanished and opened his eyes, revealing neon green. "Better?" he asked in teasing tone. My mother growled at his teasing. "Who are you?" I asked. He looked at me with a surprised expression, which turned to obvious dispproval towards my mother. "You blocked her memories, didn't you?" he asked her. Mother nodded not hiding her dislike of White Raven. "Who are you?" I asked again, a little more sternly. He chuckled and looked at me. "My name is White Raven, but you can call me Phantom. And yes, I am the most dangerous assassin in existence, but I stopped some time ago." I looked at him, surprised that he knew what I was thinking. He chuckled. "I'm a telepath. So I knew what you were thinking." I just continued to look at him. When I got over my surprise I spoke to him again. "How do I know you?" I asked him. "I taught you to use magic and to control your powers when you were 5." He replied. "How do you still look 17 or 18 then?" I shot back. "A power I developed some time ago granted me immortality." He said. "Not to mention, your mother summoned me through time to teach you." I couldn't think of anything else to ask, so I turned back to my mother.

"Mother, I don't want to help him. I'm afraid." I admitted, ignoring White Raven's gaze towards me. "You forever had the love of your people Raven, even knowing what you would become, and what that would bring." She replied. "It is too late for Earth, just as it was for Azarath." A flash of light blinded me, and when I opened my eyes, I saw Azarath, completely levelled. "No…" I whispered to myself in horror. "Wow." White Raven said beside me. He and I turned to the direction a maniacal laughter came from, to see Trigon's four red eyes. I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned to see White Raven. "I sense that your friends are in danger." He said calmly. "We should go help them." I nodded and he teleported us out of there.

We ended up back at the library to see Slade binding my friends I ropes of fire. They tried to get out, but it looked like it hurt them. "Struggling only makes it worse." Slade said to my struggling friends. "And you know how I hate to see you suffer. This won't hurt a bit." He ignited his hand with his fire magic and prepared to kill my friends, but I stopped him. "Wanna bet?" I asked him with vemon in my voice as I threw a massive rock at him. My eyes were glowing white and the runes on my body showed. Slade destroyed the rock he was under with his magic and walked towards me. "I told you to leave them out of this!" I growled at him as I flew down to him. "How sweet, you've come back to save your friends. But you're only delaying their pain, and yours." He said as he took a battle stance. "Well what are you waiting for?" I asked as I walked up to him. "Aren't you going to attack? Reduce me to ashes? Or, did your master forbid you from hurting me? Did he order you to keep his Gem safe?" I spat as I was now right in front of him. "So Raven has the gem?" Cyborg asked. "No, Raven is the gem." Robin realised. "I'll be sure to give him your regards." Slade said to me as he phased into the floor. "I'm not finished yet!" I yelled as I reached into the area where he phased. I pulled him out of the ground and looked into his eyes. "I have a message for you."

White Raven P.O.V.

I must say, it was quite amusing to watch Raven beat Slade to a pulp. She just tossed him across the room. "You can tell him he'll have to destroy me before I help him." She said to Slade, as she floated towards him. "You can tell him yourself." Slade said as he stood up. "The hour is near." He looked up and a huge rock fell onto him. Raven used her magic to throw Slade into the walls multiple times, and then sent a mass of dark energy, shaped like a raven towards him, which exploded on contact. As the smoke cleared, Slade stood up, looking very weak. "I'm not afraid of you anymore." Raven said to him. "You might not fear me," Slade responded. "But look who's afraid of you." He pointed to the other Titans with his chin. Raven faced them. They had surprised looks on their faces, but not scared. Slade fazed into the wall while Raven was distracted. I chose this point to make my entrance.

I walked out of the shadows toward Raven, applauding slowly. "Nicely done Angel, you have made a teacher very proud of his student." I praised with a smile. Raven looked at me, a minor blush on her face. "You still haven't told me why you're here White Raven." She said. "Do you not remember anything?" I asked her. She shook her head. "No, I'm sorry." She replied. "Do not apologise. Arella is to blame for that." I comforted as I put a hand on her shoulder. She looked up, directly into my mismatched eyes. "Do you want to remember?" I asked her. "Is it something I would want to remember?" She asked. I smiled at her. "I would say so." I replied. She nodded. "Let me remember." She told me. I nodded, and looked into her eyes with my left hand on her shoulder, and my right on her cheek. "Azurath Metrion Zinthos." I chanted, much to her surprise, and I entered her mind.

Raven's mind was breathtaking. I looked around for the area that was blocked. I looked around and found a white barrier. I inspected it, conforming that it was what blocked Raven's memories. "So, cutie," a voice behind me said. I turned and saw Raven wearing a pink robe. "Happy I presume?" I asked. She nodded. "You gonna give us our memories back or not?" a green clad Raven, Brave, asked. I nodded and turned to the real Raven. "A little help?" I asked. She nodded and lit her hands with dark energy. "You may pass out from the strain." I warned her. "Let's just get it over with." She responded. I nodded and ignited my hands with white energy and we chanted together. "Azurath Metrion Zinthos!" The barrier cracked and Raven passed out. I picked her up bridal style, and walked through a portal I created, to the Titan's Tower.

Third Person – Raven's Memories

A five year old Raven, dressed in white, was hiding behind a pillar, watching her mother speak to a man in black clothes and a black cloak. No one ever came to Azarath before, so Raven was very curious. He had a lot of weapons on him, he looked like an assassin. "I have summoned you through time to teach my daughter how to use magic and how to control her powers." Arella explained to the man. He nodded. "Weapons are forbidden in Azarath." She said to him as two monks with a chest approached. "You will have to hand them over." She told him. He nodded and pulled out a dagger. "This dagger is precious to me. I will hand all of my weapons over, except this one." He told Arella. She agreed and opened the chest. The man walked over and put all his weapons in the box; a sword, throwing knives, shuriken, pistols, and a lot more. It took four men to carry the box when he was done. Arella was really uncomfortable with this man around. She did not like killers.

"You will start training my daughter immediately." Arella said to him. "Does that mean right now?" he asked. "Yes." Arella replied. "I will send for her." She was about to tell a monk to get Raven, when the man spoke. "She's behind the pillar. Has been since I arrived." He said, shocking Arella, and Raven, who thought she had been quiet enough to not get caught. "Come out child." Arella said, somewhat annoyed at the man. "Come meet your new teacher." Raven emerged and walked to her mother. "I leave you to your training." Arella said and left the two alone.

The man knelt to Raven's eye level. "I'm not going to hurt you." He said. "My name is White Raven. What is your name?" he spoke in a gentle tone that made Raven instantly like him. "I'm Raven." She replied, trying to see his face under his hood. He smiled and lowered it, revealing snow white hair, and neon green eyes.

Next Memory

It was night time in Azarath and White Raven was walking back to his room after training with Raven. It had been a few weeks since he arrived. As he was walking past Raven's room, he heard a child crying. He opened the door and saw Raven sobbing into her pillow. "What's wrong Raven?" he asked with concern in his voice. She just continued to cry. He picked her up and took her to his room. She cried into his shoulder for about half an hour before calming down. She looked up at him.

"Why were you crying?" he asked her. "The acolytes said I was a monster, a demon's child, a freak." She managed to get out. This made White Raven very angry, but he pushed it aside to help Raven. He stood up and took her to his full-body mirror and made her look into it. "What do you see Raven?" he asked her. "I see a monster. A freak." She replied as she looked away and went back into the comfort of White Raven's arms. "Really? Because I see a beautiful young lady, an angel who doesn't let what others say effect her." He said as he hugged her and put her in his bed. He lay down next to her and held her in his arms. "Time to sleep Angel." He told her. "Why did you call me that?" she asked with a yawn. "It's my nickname for you." He said. She snuggled closer to him and breathed in his scent. "What must I call you?" She asked as sleep started to take her over. He smiled at her. "Call me Phantom." He said as he held the sleeping form of Raven in his arms. He fell asleep soon after. The next morning, a few of the temple's acolytes came in with black eyes and cuts.

Next Memory

"Concentrate Angel, let the words form naturally, don't try to push them together." White Raven instructed. He was teaching her to create her own unique chant. A unique chant can only be properly used by the creator. Raven was struggling, so he decided to help her. They were both sitting in a meditative position with their right hands stretched out. Raven's hand was glowing black, and Phantom's was glowing white. They both felt the words leave their mouths. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos." They said in unison as a beam of energy fired from their hands, destroying a tree. Raven was mesmerized by what she could do. "Excellent work Angel." White raven praised. Raven blushed a little bit at the praise. "Remember Angel, you and I created that chant together. Only you and I can use it properly." He explained. Raven nodded and felt dizzy. "Go to your room and lay down for a while." Phantom told her, seeing her dizziness. "That kind of magic takes a lot of energy." Raven smiled gratefully and nodded. She was really happy she had such a caring teacher.

Next Memory

"Angel, have you ever played hide and seek?" Phantom asked. Raven shook her head sadly. "Really?" Phantom asked. Raven just shook her head again. "I was always studying or meditating. Not to mention I never really had anyone to play with." Raven replied with a forlorn expression. "Well today we're going to do something different." He said as he knelt to her and held her chin. "We're going to play hide and seek." Raven's face lit up with pure joy and a pillar nearby exploded with dark energy. They both paid no mind to it. "We're going to do it differently though." Phantom said. "I'm going to hide, and you're going to make use of everything I've taught you to try and find me. Every 20 minutes, I'm going to move, just make it a bit more challenging. When you find me, I'll let you rest for the remainder of the day. Got it?" Raven replied with an eager nod. Phantom smiled. "Begin." He said as he disappeared in a flash of white light.

After 2 hours of searching, Raven found Phantom on the roof of the temple. She decided to have a bit of fun with him. She snuck up behind him and pounced. "Found you!" She yelled as she and Phantom fell to the ground laughing. "Nicely done Angel, nicely done." He said to her. They heard a man clearing his throat. They looked and saw the head monk with a frown on his face. Raven and Phantom stood up and faced him. "What do you think you're doing?" he asked Phantom angrily, causing Raven to hide in Phantom's cloak, holding his leg. "Training." Phantom replied simply. "It doesn't look like it to me." The bearded man replied. "If you know so much about Raven's powers, why am I teaching her?" Phantom asked cheekily. The monk just huffed and walked away. Phantom used his fingers to widen his cheeks and wiggled his tongue at the monk, causing Raven to giggle. The monk turned and saw Phantom whistling innocently and Raven just looking into the sky. He huffed again and continued walking. When he was gone, Raven and Phantom burst out laughing.

Next Memory

Raven was walking to the gardens to meet Phantom. He said she could have today off because she works so hard. She was depressed today though. It was the one day of the year she hated: her birthday. She turned 7 today. As she was headed to the gardens she heard a flute playing. She walked into the gardens and saw Phantom sitting under a tree playing the flute that is always on his left forearm. The song he was playing was beautiful. He finished as Raven sat down beside him and smiled as she put her head on his shoulder.

"Nice flute." She told him. "Thank you Angel. This is more than a flute though." He told her. He channelled his energy into the flute and it grew into a naginata. "Wow." Raven said, mesmerised by the beautiful weapon. Phantom smiled and turned the weapon back into a flute. "It changes into a different weapon depending on the person." He said handing the flute to her. "You try it. Be careful though, my adoptive mother gave this to me." Raven nodded and took the flute. She channelled her energy into it and it grew into a black sceptre with a sculptor of a raven at the top. The raven's wings were sharpened into blades. "Wow." Phantom said as he took the flute back after Raven released her energy from the weapon. He smiled at her and clipped the flute back onto his left arm. He noticed Raven seemed very depressed today, and he knew why.

Phantom smiled sadly. "I know you don't like your birthday," He started. "But I got something for you." He pulled out a box from behind him and gave it to her. Raven looked at him and took the box. When she opened it, it revealed a purplish blue cloak with a hood and a red gem on the clasp. Raven just stared at it in amazement. Phantom smiled and took it out of the box and put it on her. It was a perfect fit. "I've enchanted the fabric." Phantom said. "It'll grow along with you and always be a perfect fit." He explained. "Happy Birthday Angel." Raven started crying and jumped into his arms. "Thank you." She whispered. "You're very welcome Angel." he replied with a smile as he pulled Raven's new hood up. Raven loved her first ever birthday present.

Last Memory

Two years have passed since Phantom arrived and now, he had nothing more to teach Raven. Arella stood in front of Phantom and gave him the key to the chest with his weapons. Arella turned to Raven. "Say goodbye to him my child, you shall not see him again." She said to Raven. Raven ran to Phantom and hugged him tightly. "Will I really never see you again?" She asked him with tears in her eyes. "Don't worry, we'll meet again. I promise. I love you, my little Angel." He responded as Raven cried into his shoulder. "I love you too." She whispered. Phantom kissed her on her forehead and put her down. He went to the chest and grabbed all of his weapons. When he was done, he held his hand out and created a green portal. He looked at Raven and smiled sadly. "Goodbye Angel." he said as he jumped into the portal.

Raven burst into tears. The only thing that made her happy in Azurath was gone. Arella tried to comfort her daughter, but when she saw Raven's face, she gasped in shock. Raven's four eyes were glowing purple. Arella knew what this meant, but Raven didn't. She picked Raven up and took her to the infirmary. The doctor inspected her. "There's nothing we can do. She has chosen White Raven." The doctor explained. "Erase her memories of him then. She'll get the memories back one day, but she cannot deal with this right now." Arella said to the doctor. The doctor nodded and the last thing Raven heard before passing out was a memory spell being chanted.

Raven P.O.V. - Titan's Tower – Present Time

I woke up with a headache. "Raven!" Starfire yelled and pulled me into a bear hug, which was not helping my headache. "Starfire, let her go." A voice behind us said. It was Phantom. "Phantom." I muttered and hugged him. "I missed you Angel." he said. "I missed you too." I said with tears in my eyes. I let go of him. "OK, Raven is hugging this guy, he called her Angel, and she's not throwing him into space." He put his hand on my forehead. "You sure you're OK? " He asked. "I am, but you won't be if you don't stop touching me." I said with a slight glare. He yelped and gave me a 'please don't kill me' look. I looked at my team and decided to come clean.

"The ancient order used the name Scath to protect the true identity of their master." I told them "We know him as Trigon." They all gasped. "Are you serious?" Cyborg asked with wide eyes. "That's who we're up against? Oh man." He put his hand on his head. "His cruelty is legendary, even on my world." Starfire said. It didn't really surprise me. "So what makes you go all glowy in the dark?" Beastboy asked, causing Phantom to chuckle. "It's a warning, it means Trigon is coming, and the way he gets here is through me. I'm not just a person, I'm a portal." I explained. "But Raven, why you?" Robin asked. "Because Trigon is my father." I answered earning wide eyes from all of my teammates. "Bad things are going to happen soon. Really bad things, and it's gonna be my fault. I thought I could handle this alone. I tried, but I was wrong." I said as I walked to the window. "For confiding in us, we are most humbled." Starfire said. "I only have one question." Cyborg said to me. "How do we stop him?" he asked. "We don't." I replied. "Nonsense." Phantom said. "Phantom, I…" he stopped me from arguing by holding his hand up. "Raven, I was told that I was destined to become the most evil and dangerous being in existence, but I stopped it from happening. You can do the same." He said. He walked up to me and kissed me on my forehead. "I'll be there when it counts." He said as he teleported away before I could ask him about why my four eyes were glowing purple the day he left Azurath.

"Raven, who was that guy?" Robin asked me. "That was White Raven." I replied. Robin's eyes widened. "The most dangerous assassin ever?" He asked, completely shocked. I nodded. "Yes, but he said that he stopped some time ago." I responded. "How do you know him?" Cyborg asked. "He taught me everything I know about magic, he created my chant with me, he gave me this cloak, and he helped me be happy in an awful time of my childhood." I replied. "Can we trust the White Raven?" Starfire asked. "I don't know." I replied honestly. "I would trust him with my life, but you might not, given his history." I told them. "He seems alright to me." Beastboy said. I smiled at that. My Phantom could make anyone trust him. I walked to my room, not noticing my rather possessive pronoun.

White Raven/Danny P.O.V. (As if it wasn't already obvious.)

I arrived back at Trigon's cave and turned back into my human form. "Red X! Where were you when Slade needed you?" Trigon growled at me. "Gathering some information you might find interesting." I replied with a frown and crossed arms. "Mind your attitude." Trigon hissed at me. "What did you find? If I am not pleased, I will kill you." He warned. I smirked. "The man who taught Raven how to control her powers has shown himself." I said. Trigon's eyes widened a bit. "I don't know his name, but he had white hair, with a few black streaks, and mismatched eyes, one icy blue and the other dark lavender. He had a strange symbol on his chest, a white raven with a stylised DP insignia in the middle of the body." I continued and created an astral image of said symbol. Trigon's eyes narrowed in thought. "You will not die today." He told me and turned to Slade. "Investigate that symbol." Trigon ordered. "Yes Master." Slade said as he turned around and walked away to carry out his orders. "Red X, meditate and gather a lot of magical energy for the next few weeks. It is almost time to perform the ritual." He ordered me. "Yes Master." I repeated Slade's words and Trigon's eyes disappeared.

~Timeskip a few hours~

Slade returned and called for Trigon. Four red eyes appeared in the air. "What have you found?" Trigon asked. "The symbol belongs to a ghost called Inviso-Bill. He disappeared almost 5 years ago, and hasn't been seen since." I chuckled at Slade's use of that awful name the public gave me. "If you see him, obliterate him immediately." Trigon ordered and left. Slade following. I looked at a wall and saw a Vlad-bug eavesdropping on the conversation. I picked it up and it tried to fly away. I held it to my face, looking directly into the camera. "Did you enjoy the show Vlad?" I asked it sarcastically. "If you're bored, I recommend getting a cat to entertain you, again. You have to find something to entertain yourself with since your ghost half has been destroyed." I smiled at the memory of Vlad's face when I separated him and destroyed Plasmius. I crushed the bug, threw it away, and went back to meditating.

A/N: Longest chapter yet! 5000 words!