Darn. This chapter isn't as long as I wanted it to be. Aw well. I still like it. It's...kind of... okay, so it IS a cliff-hanger. I don't own any Teen Titans, or villains, or random people walking down the street.

Anyone who doesn't want to hear my opinions about Spellbound, ignore this last paragraph and skip to the story! (Then review!)

Spellbound... confused me. HELP ME, I'm not smart enough to comprehend! Had good Raven fight scenes, but... eek I don't like romance! How could they put that in a Raven episode?! Aw well, It was pretty much good! White Raven was awesome, and a lot of it was funny, like when Raven kept getting interrupted, heh. The dragon was cool, and a lot of it was creepy (just like Raven! J.K. But I LIKE Raven being creepy...). Though I bet a bunch of BB/Rae fans will give that as an excuse to make fanfics get even more romancy and icky. Eh... sorry if I'm offending anyone. I'm mostly writing this for Cat, and b/c I've just seen Spellbound. Ignore this, anyone who disagrees! Go on with the story, and review!

Chapter 5: Advice and warnings

There was silence from the Ravens. Raven levitated above the darkness, eyes glowing, and her cloak was slowly being absorbed with redness as it blew in a strong wind that had suddenly appeared.

Timid whimpered softly. Happy stood very still, her eyes huge with shock. Valor shifted uncomfortably, breathing softly under her breath, "Whoa, you get 'em girl. You show that rock."

Unsure whether Valor was sarcastic or amazed, Intelligence straightened her gray glasses and stepped up slowly, nervously. She knew Raven couldn't really hurt her, but that didn't stop her from being uneasy around Raven. "Raven," She said in her calming voice. "You have to realize, this is exactly what I need to talk to you about. Trigon."

Raven's eyes changed. She blinked, and they were that violet-red again. Basically, normal. But not quite... Her cloak slowly fell over her body. The red was still staining her cloak, but it had stopped moving up. Raven slowly levitated onto solid rock.

"What do you want from me." It wasn't really a question. It was a demand. Yellow Raven took a deep breath.

"Don't you see," she began. "It was all a trap? Trigon brought you back to a time where he controlled you, only this time he took firmer control, drained your powers, and opened the portal to his dimension. He knew you'd follow."

"And now you have gotten his very power in you, Raven. His energy. He can control you even more. Hatred has been set free."

Raven remembered Hatred. After defeating her father, Hatred had still been in her, but she had been chained. She had been unable to let Trigon take full control then. Raven had visited her once, only of a minute or two. It had not been fun. It was never fun to meet a spiteful, hateful side of yourself. Raven remembered her four red eyes and her blood red cloak well. She had left quickly.

"You can't let Trigon take over you! Even as we speak, he may be trying now," Intelligence told Raven. Raven stared, willing her face to be emotionless. She hesitated, not exactly knowing what to do.

Valor tapped her foot impatiently. "Just what everyone needs, a place to consult your own mind with," Green Raven muttered softly. She put on an impatient face, although having Raven visit them was more interesting than her normal day.

"H...Hatred is creepy." Everyone turned to stare at Timid, who had for once, spoken up by herself. Her wide violet eyes gazed into the distance, unfocused. "B-but, she and her friend stay in their own place," She breathed, almost dreamily.

"What are you talking about?" Raven asked sharply. Timid's eyes snapped back to Raven. Gray Raven shrank immediately, eyes wide with fear, clutching at her cloak. Raven frowned. She knew she needed to be calm to talk to her timid side. Forcing her temper aside, she looked at Timid. Calmly, she asked, "Their own place? One of the other emotions is friends with her? Grey... please explain this." The please seemed rather forced.

The frightened Raven shuffled nervously, staring at the ground. "Their place. Every emotion h-has one. Y-yuh know..." She put on an anxious face.

Raven thought of the happy place that Pink Raven loved to be in. Disgusting, with tons of pink cotton-candy trees and clouds, and pretty things... Raven shuddered. But she wondered what Hatred's place would look like. Dark, and evil, much worse than Raven's mind at it's normal stage.

"Go on, you," Green Raven interrupted. She was getting bored, and gave Timid a glare. Gray Raven winced.

"I...I've seen her f-friend with her. Don't know which emotion she is." Timid seemed to find the ground very interesting. Her eyes were glued to it.

Can't believe SHE'S part of me... "What color?"

"B...black," Timid whispered, then turned away. Raven frowned. She didn't think any of her emotions wore black.

"I haven't seen that one," Intelligence admitted, sounding surprised that she wasn't aware of everything.

"Sounds depressing," Happy concluded immediately. "Yuck!" She glanced over at Timid swiftly. "No offence, Timid..."

"Lets go kick her butt!" Valor yelled, a grin covering her face; glad that they could finally take action.

"Easy." Yellow Raven instantly told her with a look. "Emotions can't... exactly ...kick each other's butts. If there is a new Raven, we, nor you, Raven, can get her out directly. Although it does not seem possible for a new emotion to suddenly appear. Everyone has all emotions from when they are born, even if they are not in use at the beginning." The yellow-cloaked Raven nodded solemnly.

"Yeah, use me more often," Green Raven complained. "Use me to kick their butts sky high!" Raven did not even consider it. Her friends would stare if she suddenly started acting like Brave: Reckless, courageous, and with an attitude.

"I'd like to talk to Hatred and her... companion." Raven, her blue hood pulled up, glared at the others. "Now."

Valor interpreted "talk" as "attack", of course. "Hoo-wah! Go get 'im, Rae!" Green shouted encouragingly. She pumped her fist in the air, beaming. "Show that Raven what you're made of!"

"Call me Rae again and I'll kick YOUR butt sky high." Raven threatened, her eyes glowing white with her power. Valor seemed unaware of the danger...

"Alrighty then, girl. Now, just show that... enthusiasm to ole' red-y there an' you'll be certain ta... "

"I already said, you can't... never mind," The yellow Raven sighed with a frown. "Visiting your other sides may be wise, and may give you information, but it may trigger your hatred side. No one can help hating Hatred."

"Don't do it," Whimpered Gray, coming up to Raven, shaking her head furiously. "Don't."

"Mm... dunno whether you should." Pink Raven seemed to think she should give her opinion as well. "But it's not MY job to be smart 'round here... Do whatever makes you happy, Rae!" She gave the blue-cloaked Raven a beaming smile.

"I don't do happy, and my name is RaVeN." Raven told her, frowning, empathizing on the N and V.

"Not Rae, then? Well... how 'bout... Rave?"

"NO!" Raven took a slow deep breath before she allowed herself to speak again.

"Now lead me to where Hatred stays."

The five Ravens walked slowly down the path. Actually, not really. One walked, three levitated, and one skipped. (Guess who is who) They stopped at an entrance. The entrance to Hatred's part of Raven's mind. The cave-like door was large but they couldn't see what was really behind it. It looked only like the normal environment, but all the Ravens knew that once they went in, it would change and show how it really looked.

For a moment, the Raven's stood there, looking at Raven. Raven looked at Intelligence, questioningly. "So... here we are," Intelligence said with a nod. "Go in, and most likely you will find her."

Raven stepped forward and brushed past the Ravens. All the others offered their advice before she went in.

"Be careful."

"If she says something you don't like, punch 'er."

"D-don't do it! Turn back while you can!"

"Have fun! Heehee!"

Raven decided that she wouldn't follow any of the advice, except maybe the first. She stepped in the doorway.

The area abruptly changed as Raven stepped through. The sky was not black, but a deep blood red. Raven glanced at her cloak, being reminded of it. The redness of it went up about four inches. Looking back around her, Raven saw the very same red lights lining a black path. She scowled. The trees around her were bare and ugly, with deep red bark.

Several black birds perched on the gnarled branches. They did not move, but watched Raven with their beady eyes. I thought I got rid of those things, Raven thought. After her father had been beaten, they had disappeared from her mind. Obviously, they were back.

Then He... is back. Raven shook the bad feeling away.

Raven had only gone a few yards down the path, when she saw a metal chair in the path. Thick chains were wrapped around it, as if it was would easy to chain someone down. "So she is free," Raven muttered grimly. That same chair had been Hatred's captivity. Now it seemed, she was free from it.

"Well, Raven, I've been expecting you." An evil voice said from the ground. Raven turned. The same creepy voice that Raven took on when she nearly killed Dr. Light. Red power started to rise from the ground. "Come to try and stop me, have you? Shame, that you will be mine soon, and you can't stop that."