((Foreword: I also forgot to mention that Terra is an 'evil zombie that plays damsel-in-distress all the time', as said by a reviewer, and BB is all mine. Hehehe, I had a part in the summary where I whack Terra on the head with a frying pan, but, sadly, it was too long and got deleted. Oh well! - WHACKS TERRA ON THE HEAD WITH A FRYING PAN Also, this gets a bit bloody, so if you don't like that kinda stuff, you may want to leave. Just don't say I didn't warn you!))
Raven walked over to the far side of her room, and opened a large dark green trunk. It was full of old, battered books; spells, incantations, poems, stories, and her own writings. She set her diary on top of a small pile, and closed the trunk again. The mornings first rays of sun lit up her room, causing her to squint in the sudden change of lighting.
"Another night without a wink of sleep." she murmured coldly, and walked over to the window. The city stood in the distance, it's knife grey forest of apartments, houses, businesses, and skyscrapers just starting to be filled with the life of the day once again. Raven turned away from the window. She had been living here for quite a time now, but had it only just now affected her? Shuddering, she realized that the sun had stricken fear into her. But why?
A loud shriek interrupted her thoughts, and Raven ran out of her room. Another shriek sounded, seemingly from the common room. She enclosed herself in a black orb of magic, and she disappeared into the floor, phasing into the room where the scream oriented. As she appeared in the next room, it seemed no one was there.
"Starfire?" Raven called, walking into the middle of the room. "Is anyone there? Robin? Beastboy?" Something moved behind her, and she spun around. Nobody was there. "Cyborg?" Her voice was now a whisper. Behind her, the sun seemed to brighten, beating down on her. She turned again, now facing the window. The rays of light seemed to turn into two jaws, lunging straight for her. Gasping, Raven froze, to startled to move. She felt the roar of the beast, and a relentless pain like a hot knife shot from her leg, overwhelming her body. She clenched her teeth, trying not to scream.
"Azarath... Metrion... ZYNTHOS!" she choked out. The monster gave a pained howl as was blown back against the wall. Raven could now see it clearly; a golden serpent, almost transparent, as if made of sunbeams themselves. Two, claw tipped wings were set on it's head, the webbing between it's spokes a pale white. She looked down at her leg. The two gashes where the fangs had pierced and then had been ripped away oozed her crimson blood. Weakened, she fell to her knees, and could only watch as the serpent rose again and hissed menacingly, baring it's bloodstained fangs. It lunged at her arm, but she quickly blocked it with a shadowy barrier. Suprised, it recoiled and shook off the momentary dizziness.
"Don't like the dark, do you?" Raven's eyes began to glow black. "I'll give you dark." She raised a hand and an orb of shadow formed around the serpent. Still, it's pained squeals could be heard, and the desperate impacts to the barrier shook the room. Still, she held her grip, until the noise died down to nothing. Cautiously, she unclenched her fist, and the barriers melted away, revealing nothing. Whatever that thing was, it was gone... And so were her friends. Raven lowered her arm, and the room around her began to spin... So dizzy... So painful... So... tired. And then she saw nothing.
"Hello?" Lumos called as he knocked on the door of Titans Tower. "Is anyone here? I wish to seek refuge in your humble... letter!" he yelled. After another moment of waiting, there was still no answer. Sighing, he knocked again, loudly. "IS ANYONE HOME?!" Still no answer. Lumos raised his hands defeatedly.
"I guess I'll have to see myself." he murmured, and his moon staff appeared in his hand. He tapped it to the ground and both he and the staff rose into the air. Slowly, Lumos made his way to the middle of the tower, where the common room was. He looked into the window and gasped.
"A maiden!" he said out loud, and quickly slashed an opening in the window. Lumos lowered himself to the ground, and ran over to the girl. She lay on the ground, obviously unconscious. Her complexion was deathly pale, and her bluish locks barely showed under the hood of her indigo coat. Blood soaked the ground around her lower half, and he turned her over.When he saw the deep wounds on her leg, he only shook his head.
"The blood should have stopped by now... Unless... This is the bite of a sun snake!" He clenched his fists. "Zephyr." Turning back to the girl, he took her wrist and felt for a pulse. "Still alive... barely..." he murmured. "She needs medicine for such a wound." Lumos gently picked her up. "Hold on, lass. Were going back to Kinjyre." he said. "Iranos Lumine Osaaryn!" he spoke, determination in his voice. And they were gone.