One step closer
*Whew! If your wondering about the name of this chapter and the last one, their Linkin Park song names. Well here, (like it said at the end of last chapter) Raven and Vampyre become closer and then he looses control.* (Disclaimer: I do not own any Teen Titans or any songs from Linkin Park. The only thing I own in this story is the plot and Vampyre. As a final note, if you think I dissed you in any way, it was not intentionally, and therefore should not be taken seriously)
Thx: sotfballtitan009, at least I know some one is R&R'ing my work. Even if only you review these stories, I'll keep writing! PS: I only write the next chapter of a story if at least some one reviews. Thx also to anyone else that reviewed this!
Titans Tower, the night.
"YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Cyborg yelled at Beast Boy "I BEAT YOU AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!"
"Are you 2 having fun?" Vampyre asked, "Cause if you don't shut up, I'll break your damn game system. Got it?!" he said through clenched teeth.
"Sure, Vamp, sure." Was Cyborg's reply.
"Now Beast Boy, we gotta keep quiet..." Cyborg started to say, but as Vampyre and Raven started to walk down the hallways, his voice was lost. (A/n I feel better, cause I went outside and flew plastic choppers with my dad. He completely broke a blade off, while I only cracked one of my blades.)
"Why do they always have to be at it, 24/7?" Vampyre asked Raven.
"I don't know, but it is an argument over a pointless game" she replied, noticing the way Vampyre's hand felt the kris strapped to his leg. Probably just nerves, she thought.
Vampyre's room
"Tomorrow I'll take you someplace special, someplace you probably thought you'd never see again." Vampyre said to Raven as she looked through one of his books on Necromancy.
"All I want to know is where are you going to take me?" Raven asked Vampyre, looking through his book, and finally settling on a page.
"I'll give you a hint, you were born there." He replied, watching her eyes go wide.
"Your going to take me to Azrath?!" She asked, the book completely forgotten about.
"Yup" Vampyre replied with a smile, which was not malicious.
"You don't know how much this means to me!" Raven said excitedly, hugging Vampyre, who in turn had no objections.
"I think I do now," Vampyre said, hugging Raven back.
Somewhere in a demonic realm...
"My lord the invasion is progressing as planned" someone, or something, said to a bigger entity
"See to it that nothing slows down the invasion. First Earth, then Azrath, then Razenur, and then the entire universe!" The bigger entity said.
"Yes lord Trigon." The lesser demon replied bowing and then ducking away.
Outside of Raven's room, about 3 A.M.
Vampyre knocked softly on Raven's door, saying "Raven? Are you up?" The door slid open and Raven appeared.
"I am now. What do you want?" She asked, rubbing sleep from her eyes.
(AUGH, I have to get headache pill. BRB!)
"I have another surprise for you," Vampyre said, "Come on, wear shorts and a shirt. But no cape."
"Why?"
"Just get dressed!"
"Whatever" she said, closing the door. A few minutes later, she came out wearing a black shirt and shorts.
"Let's go," he said to Raven, leading the way to the stairs. They climbed the stairs, eventually getting to the top of the Tower.
"What are we here for?" Raven asked Vampyre, confused.
"Ready to go swimming?" he asked, with a hint of amusement in his eyes. "That's why I told you to put on shorts and a shirt."
"Uh, I don't go swimming when I could be sleeping" Was Raven's reply. But, Vampyre wasn't listening. He was already explaining what she should do before she hit the water. "Slow yourself constantly, but if your not entirely sure when your about to hit the surface, just really slow yourself down."
"I didn't come up here to swim" Raven replied narrowing her eyes at Vampyre.
"You came up here cause I told you to right?" Vampyre asked Raven.
"Correct."
"If I told you to stop breathing until you die, would you do it?"
"NO! Of course not!" She spat at him.
"Well then I give you a choice, either go swimming with me, or go back to bed." He said, taking a few steps back.
"I guess I'll go swimming then" Raven said with a sigh.
"You first, or would little miss darkness like for me to demonstrate how to dive off?" he asked with his malevolent smile.
"You know your pushing me right? I'm this close to saying 'screw you, I'm going back to bed'"
"Fine, go back to bed, see if care." He replied coldly, but he seemed genuinely hurt. This seemed to soften Raven a little.
"Ah, what've I got to lose? (She means other than her dinner!) Let's go swimming!" She replied, with a little enthusiasm. She ran and just let herself fall off the edge, barely missing the ground as she slammed the water. But when Vampyre hit, it sent a wave crashing into the Tower that completely covered it with water, for a few seconds. Think of it as a mushroom cloud, but instead of smoke, with water.
Titans Tower main room, about 3:30 A.M.
All of the Titans were gathered in the main room, all except of course for Vampyre and Raven.
"Man, they've been out there for half-an-hour, how much longer are they going to torment us?" Cyborg asked, rubbing his eyes.
"I'll go talk to them, maybe I can bring them to their senses" Robin said, yawning. He dragged himself up the stairs that led to the top of the Tower. With each step he took, it became harder to go on.
"You know normal Titans sleep at this hour" Robin yelled to Vampyre and Raven.
"Well, I guess it's a good thing we're not normal" He replied "Right Raven?" Who in turn nodded.
"I guess so, just keep it down." He called, going back down the stairs.
"Maybe we should just go back to bed" Vampyre said to Raven.
"I guess"
Raven's room, morning.
Raven awoke when it was merely 5:30 A.M. Damn him for waking me up, he knows I can't go back to sleep after I'm up, Raven thought. She swung her legs over her bed, and putting her regular "costume" on she headed for Vampyre's door. She knocked, not expecting an answer, and was surprised when he said "Yeah?" She opened the door and walked in, the door shut behind her. His room was actually different from when she had been in last night. For one thing, he had added a few more demon heads on the walls, and there was a half-eaten sand which on his bed. He was poring over a book, which seemed to have maps of all sorts.
"Need something?" He asked in a gruff voice. He was not at all a morning person.
"Well, not really, but I was hoping you would let me see your book on Necromancy again, have you added any more curses?"
"Go ahead and no, I haven't" he replied. "In case your wondering, I'm looking for the one and only map I have of Azrath and its coordinates." Raven looked like she didn't care, as she sat down with his book and opened it to where she had left off. About twenty minutes later, just as Raven was dozing off, still holding his book...
"AHA! I finally found it!" He yelled, jerking Raven from her slumber. "Are you ready to go home Raven?" He asked her. Raven nodded, hope rising in her heart.
"Oh, but we should wait for the other Titans, just so they know." Vampyre said.
Titans Tower main room, about 9 A.M.
The scene that greeted the Titans was almost unnatural. Raven was asleep on the couch, holding Vampyre. He was also asleep, also holding Raven. Beast Boy and Cyborg wanted to play Game station, but with Raven asleep on the couch, they would have to be woken up first.
"You wake them up" Cyborg said to BB
"No, you"
"No, you wake em up"
"Fine, I give up," Beast Boy said, and started to shake Raven a little, "Uh, Raven can you wake up? We want to play Game station," He said, backing away. Raven got up, yawned, and said
"Good morning" At this, Beast Boy's mouth dropped to the floor, she was not even mad that he'd waken her.
"Um, Raven, are you feeling okay?" Beast Boy asked, "Usually you would have hit me really hard by now."
"Me? I am fine, because today is special. And I don't mean because I woke up in a good mood..." Raven started.
"The reason that she's... well... happy is that I'm taking her to Azrath for a few days" He explained, "We'll be gone for a few of days. I hope that's okay, because it's going to have to be."
"Just be back in a few days. If your not, then we get worried and we go searching for you." Robin replied.
Somewhere in a demonic realm...
"My lord, the invasion will be ready in a couple of days." A lesser demon reported, bowing at Trigon's feet.
"Begin the invasion as soon as possible, for we will need to strike swiftly and quickly." Trigon said.
"Yes my lord" the demon, said, fading into the shadows.
Azrath, home world of Raven.
*Vampyre's thoughts*
People are staring at us though we are the plague. I have no idea why, because I constantly look to see if I am turning into a Shadow Creature, but I am not. We have finally reached the house of Arella, Raven's mother. I feel different, somehow, but I do not know why, as if I am anticipating this. Raven has entered, but I do not want to go in, I do not know why. A feeling of foreboding has settled over me, but from where, I do not know. I feel my legs entering me even though I am not moving them. Arella greets me, but I find it difficult to hear. This is when I notice something; I now am turning into a Shadow Creature, but not of my own accord! In worry, Raven touches her hand to my forehead. A vortex is formed and Raven and I are sucked in, what awaits us in the vortex, I do not know.
Inside of Vampyre's mind.
"Where are we?" Raven asked Vampyre.
"I think we're in my mind, but why is it so twisted? Is it a reflection of my heart?"
"That is irrelevant, for now; let's find the source of the problem." Raven said to Vampyre, who nodded. But there was no need, for a larger version of Vampyre appeared over them. But, he was dressed in all black, with a malicious grin painted on his face.
"This is no longer your body, it is my body." He said.
"Wrong, this is my body" Vampyre replied.
"We shall see about that," The other Vampyre said. He raised his hand and a shadow hand grabbed Raven and took her back to where the other Vampyre was. She was trying to scream, but the darkness was too great. She could not breathe and she started show signs of this. the other Vampyre choking Raven, had awoken something inside of him. This was when Vampyre started to move, but as he did, his cape started to turn white. He lifted his hand up and sent the other Vampyre flying backwards, and at the same time releasing Raven. He was different though, he was not fighting for control like he was a few minutes ago, his mind was clear, his thought were focused. That was when it hit him, what his former master had said to him so long ago.
"You will always be fighting to control your powers, but when you do not have to fight to control your powers, you will have gained the ultimate power. The power over the light and the shadows will be yours. That is the ultimate power" He had said.
But right now I only have power over the light, which must explain why he was hit so hard, Vampyre thought to himself. Shadow Vampyre (the evil Vampyre) tried to hit Light Vampyre (the good Vampyre) with the shadows. He missed and what happened next enraged Light Vampyre beyond any point of rage he had ever felt. His hand glowed an extremely bright white, and he yelled: "You have met your downfall! I condemn you to your own evil within your heart!" And a blast of white energy slammed Shadow Vampyre. When the dust had cleared, nothing more was left of Shadow Vampyre. Vampyre returned to his regular state and hugged Raven for a long while.
Arella's house, Azrath
Raven and Vampyre returned to normal after just standing still for quite a while. They had dinner with Arella and then went straight to bed. But, they had to share a room, because there were only 2 rooms at Arella's house.
Spare room, Arella's house.
*Vampyre's dream*
A man was taunting me, holding someone I care about. He was holding her with a knife to her neck. I draw my kris from it's scabbard, and feel the familiar edge of its blade. I realize who he is holding, it is Raven! I lunge at him, but he disappears, with Raven. Her last words to me are "Please help me Vampyre, please help me!"
Vampyre woke up in a cold sweat, holding his kris in a defensive position, yelling out "RAVEN!" Raven woke up next to him asked
"What is it Vampyre?"
"You're here...? But I... just saw... ugh, never mind."
Arella's house, morning.
"I can't stay here Raven, I've got to go back to the Tower."
"Why? What is wrong with my house? Is it not good enough for you?" Arella asked, defiantly
"Nothing is wrong with your house, but it's me that is wrong, being here must've awakened something inside of me, something bad. I can't stay, I'm sorry, but I have to go, and unless Raven knows how to get back, she has to go too. I promise we'll visit once I can learn to control this better" Vampyre said, with a look that said 'I'm sorry, but it has to be done'
"Oh, all right, see you Raven" Arella said at last.
"Bye"
(CHAPTER 3!!!!!!!!!!!. Was it good? sucky? Awesome? TELL ME PLZ!. Oh and plz in your reviews tell me what you think of Vampyre. Thx. In the next chapter, Trigon puts his plan to invade earth into motion, what will happen in this catacalysmic battle? Find out in the next chapter!)
*Whew! If your wondering about the name of this chapter and the last one, their Linkin Park song names. Well here, (like it said at the end of last chapter) Raven and Vampyre become closer and then he looses control.* (Disclaimer: I do not own any Teen Titans or any songs from Linkin Park. The only thing I own in this story is the plot and Vampyre. As a final note, if you think I dissed you in any way, it was not intentionally, and therefore should not be taken seriously)
Thx: sotfballtitan009, at least I know some one is R&R'ing my work. Even if only you review these stories, I'll keep writing! PS: I only write the next chapter of a story if at least some one reviews. Thx also to anyone else that reviewed this!
Titans Tower, the night.
"YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Cyborg yelled at Beast Boy "I BEAT YOU AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!"
"Are you 2 having fun?" Vampyre asked, "Cause if you don't shut up, I'll break your damn game system. Got it?!" he said through clenched teeth.
"Sure, Vamp, sure." Was Cyborg's reply.
"Now Beast Boy, we gotta keep quiet..." Cyborg started to say, but as Vampyre and Raven started to walk down the hallways, his voice was lost. (A/n I feel better, cause I went outside and flew plastic choppers with my dad. He completely broke a blade off, while I only cracked one of my blades.)
"Why do they always have to be at it, 24/7?" Vampyre asked Raven.
"I don't know, but it is an argument over a pointless game" she replied, noticing the way Vampyre's hand felt the kris strapped to his leg. Probably just nerves, she thought.
Vampyre's room
"Tomorrow I'll take you someplace special, someplace you probably thought you'd never see again." Vampyre said to Raven as she looked through one of his books on Necromancy.
"All I want to know is where are you going to take me?" Raven asked Vampyre, looking through his book, and finally settling on a page.
"I'll give you a hint, you were born there." He replied, watching her eyes go wide.
"Your going to take me to Azrath?!" She asked, the book completely forgotten about.
"Yup" Vampyre replied with a smile, which was not malicious.
"You don't know how much this means to me!" Raven said excitedly, hugging Vampyre, who in turn had no objections.
"I think I do now," Vampyre said, hugging Raven back.
Somewhere in a demonic realm...
"My lord the invasion is progressing as planned" someone, or something, said to a bigger entity
"See to it that nothing slows down the invasion. First Earth, then Azrath, then Razenur, and then the entire universe!" The bigger entity said.
"Yes lord Trigon." The lesser demon replied bowing and then ducking away.
Outside of Raven's room, about 3 A.M.
Vampyre knocked softly on Raven's door, saying "Raven? Are you up?" The door slid open and Raven appeared.
"I am now. What do you want?" She asked, rubbing sleep from her eyes.
(AUGH, I have to get headache pill. BRB!)
"I have another surprise for you," Vampyre said, "Come on, wear shorts and a shirt. But no cape."
"Why?"
"Just get dressed!"
"Whatever" she said, closing the door. A few minutes later, she came out wearing a black shirt and shorts.
"Let's go," he said to Raven, leading the way to the stairs. They climbed the stairs, eventually getting to the top of the Tower.
"What are we here for?" Raven asked Vampyre, confused.
"Ready to go swimming?" he asked, with a hint of amusement in his eyes. "That's why I told you to put on shorts and a shirt."
"Uh, I don't go swimming when I could be sleeping" Was Raven's reply. But, Vampyre wasn't listening. He was already explaining what she should do before she hit the water. "Slow yourself constantly, but if your not entirely sure when your about to hit the surface, just really slow yourself down."
"I didn't come up here to swim" Raven replied narrowing her eyes at Vampyre.
"You came up here cause I told you to right?" Vampyre asked Raven.
"Correct."
"If I told you to stop breathing until you die, would you do it?"
"NO! Of course not!" She spat at him.
"Well then I give you a choice, either go swimming with me, or go back to bed." He said, taking a few steps back.
"I guess I'll go swimming then" Raven said with a sigh.
"You first, or would little miss darkness like for me to demonstrate how to dive off?" he asked with his malevolent smile.
"You know your pushing me right? I'm this close to saying 'screw you, I'm going back to bed'"
"Fine, go back to bed, see if care." He replied coldly, but he seemed genuinely hurt. This seemed to soften Raven a little.
"Ah, what've I got to lose? (She means other than her dinner!) Let's go swimming!" She replied, with a little enthusiasm. She ran and just let herself fall off the edge, barely missing the ground as she slammed the water. But when Vampyre hit, it sent a wave crashing into the Tower that completely covered it with water, for a few seconds. Think of it as a mushroom cloud, but instead of smoke, with water.
Titans Tower main room, about 3:30 A.M.
All of the Titans were gathered in the main room, all except of course for Vampyre and Raven.
"Man, they've been out there for half-an-hour, how much longer are they going to torment us?" Cyborg asked, rubbing his eyes.
"I'll go talk to them, maybe I can bring them to their senses" Robin said, yawning. He dragged himself up the stairs that led to the top of the Tower. With each step he took, it became harder to go on.
"You know normal Titans sleep at this hour" Robin yelled to Vampyre and Raven.
"Well, I guess it's a good thing we're not normal" He replied "Right Raven?" Who in turn nodded.
"I guess so, just keep it down." He called, going back down the stairs.
"Maybe we should just go back to bed" Vampyre said to Raven.
"I guess"
Raven's room, morning.
Raven awoke when it was merely 5:30 A.M. Damn him for waking me up, he knows I can't go back to sleep after I'm up, Raven thought. She swung her legs over her bed, and putting her regular "costume" on she headed for Vampyre's door. She knocked, not expecting an answer, and was surprised when he said "Yeah?" She opened the door and walked in, the door shut behind her. His room was actually different from when she had been in last night. For one thing, he had added a few more demon heads on the walls, and there was a half-eaten sand which on his bed. He was poring over a book, which seemed to have maps of all sorts.
"Need something?" He asked in a gruff voice. He was not at all a morning person.
"Well, not really, but I was hoping you would let me see your book on Necromancy again, have you added any more curses?"
"Go ahead and no, I haven't" he replied. "In case your wondering, I'm looking for the one and only map I have of Azrath and its coordinates." Raven looked like she didn't care, as she sat down with his book and opened it to where she had left off. About twenty minutes later, just as Raven was dozing off, still holding his book...
"AHA! I finally found it!" He yelled, jerking Raven from her slumber. "Are you ready to go home Raven?" He asked her. Raven nodded, hope rising in her heart.
"Oh, but we should wait for the other Titans, just so they know." Vampyre said.
Titans Tower main room, about 9 A.M.
The scene that greeted the Titans was almost unnatural. Raven was asleep on the couch, holding Vampyre. He was also asleep, also holding Raven. Beast Boy and Cyborg wanted to play Game station, but with Raven asleep on the couch, they would have to be woken up first.
"You wake them up" Cyborg said to BB
"No, you"
"No, you wake em up"
"Fine, I give up," Beast Boy said, and started to shake Raven a little, "Uh, Raven can you wake up? We want to play Game station," He said, backing away. Raven got up, yawned, and said
"Good morning" At this, Beast Boy's mouth dropped to the floor, she was not even mad that he'd waken her.
"Um, Raven, are you feeling okay?" Beast Boy asked, "Usually you would have hit me really hard by now."
"Me? I am fine, because today is special. And I don't mean because I woke up in a good mood..." Raven started.
"The reason that she's... well... happy is that I'm taking her to Azrath for a few days" He explained, "We'll be gone for a few of days. I hope that's okay, because it's going to have to be."
"Just be back in a few days. If your not, then we get worried and we go searching for you." Robin replied.
Somewhere in a demonic realm...
"My lord, the invasion will be ready in a couple of days." A lesser demon reported, bowing at Trigon's feet.
"Begin the invasion as soon as possible, for we will need to strike swiftly and quickly." Trigon said.
"Yes my lord" the demon, said, fading into the shadows.
Azrath, home world of Raven.
*Vampyre's thoughts*
People are staring at us though we are the plague. I have no idea why, because I constantly look to see if I am turning into a Shadow Creature, but I am not. We have finally reached the house of Arella, Raven's mother. I feel different, somehow, but I do not know why, as if I am anticipating this. Raven has entered, but I do not want to go in, I do not know why. A feeling of foreboding has settled over me, but from where, I do not know. I feel my legs entering me even though I am not moving them. Arella greets me, but I find it difficult to hear. This is when I notice something; I now am turning into a Shadow Creature, but not of my own accord! In worry, Raven touches her hand to my forehead. A vortex is formed and Raven and I are sucked in, what awaits us in the vortex, I do not know.
Inside of Vampyre's mind.
"Where are we?" Raven asked Vampyre.
"I think we're in my mind, but why is it so twisted? Is it a reflection of my heart?"
"That is irrelevant, for now; let's find the source of the problem." Raven said to Vampyre, who nodded. But there was no need, for a larger version of Vampyre appeared over them. But, he was dressed in all black, with a malicious grin painted on his face.
"This is no longer your body, it is my body." He said.
"Wrong, this is my body" Vampyre replied.
"We shall see about that," The other Vampyre said. He raised his hand and a shadow hand grabbed Raven and took her back to where the other Vampyre was. She was trying to scream, but the darkness was too great. She could not breathe and she started show signs of this. the other Vampyre choking Raven, had awoken something inside of him. This was when Vampyre started to move, but as he did, his cape started to turn white. He lifted his hand up and sent the other Vampyre flying backwards, and at the same time releasing Raven. He was different though, he was not fighting for control like he was a few minutes ago, his mind was clear, his thought were focused. That was when it hit him, what his former master had said to him so long ago.
"You will always be fighting to control your powers, but when you do not have to fight to control your powers, you will have gained the ultimate power. The power over the light and the shadows will be yours. That is the ultimate power" He had said.
But right now I only have power over the light, which must explain why he was hit so hard, Vampyre thought to himself. Shadow Vampyre (the evil Vampyre) tried to hit Light Vampyre (the good Vampyre) with the shadows. He missed and what happened next enraged Light Vampyre beyond any point of rage he had ever felt. His hand glowed an extremely bright white, and he yelled: "You have met your downfall! I condemn you to your own evil within your heart!" And a blast of white energy slammed Shadow Vampyre. When the dust had cleared, nothing more was left of Shadow Vampyre. Vampyre returned to his regular state and hugged Raven for a long while.
Arella's house, Azrath
Raven and Vampyre returned to normal after just standing still for quite a while. They had dinner with Arella and then went straight to bed. But, they had to share a room, because there were only 2 rooms at Arella's house.
Spare room, Arella's house.
*Vampyre's dream*
A man was taunting me, holding someone I care about. He was holding her with a knife to her neck. I draw my kris from it's scabbard, and feel the familiar edge of its blade. I realize who he is holding, it is Raven! I lunge at him, but he disappears, with Raven. Her last words to me are "Please help me Vampyre, please help me!"
Vampyre woke up in a cold sweat, holding his kris in a defensive position, yelling out "RAVEN!" Raven woke up next to him asked
"What is it Vampyre?"
"You're here...? But I... just saw... ugh, never mind."
Arella's house, morning.
"I can't stay here Raven, I've got to go back to the Tower."
"Why? What is wrong with my house? Is it not good enough for you?" Arella asked, defiantly
"Nothing is wrong with your house, but it's me that is wrong, being here must've awakened something inside of me, something bad. I can't stay, I'm sorry, but I have to go, and unless Raven knows how to get back, she has to go too. I promise we'll visit once I can learn to control this better" Vampyre said, with a look that said 'I'm sorry, but it has to be done'
"Oh, all right, see you Raven" Arella said at last.
"Bye"
(CHAPTER 3!!!!!!!!!!!. Was it good? sucky? Awesome? TELL ME PLZ!. Oh and plz in your reviews tell me what you think of Vampyre. Thx. In the next chapter, Trigon puts his plan to invade earth into motion, what will happen in this catacalysmic battle? Find out in the next chapter!)