Hi people, I'm back, I know you missed me…. (silence), ok maybe not but the next chapter's up and I swear they will be getting longer. Thanks to all you people at school who told me to get my butt moving on this thing. - Angel of Nevermore

Disclaimer: Do you think I own Teen Titans…

Chapter 2

Raven stood on the roof, attempting to gather her emotions. Trying to be calm. She sat in her usual meditation position, levitating a few feet off the ground. The air was damp and heavy, she glanced up at the dark storm clouds on their way.

skies will burn...

"No", she gasped, trying to block out the terrible voice echoing through her mind."I won't do it, my friends..."

Flesh will become stone...

"No!" she screamed again, not looking at her hands, now burning with an arcane symbol. Raven surrounded herself in a dark aura and quickly flew off the tower and down into her open window. Her landing was off and she landed with a hard thud on her carpeted floor. She lay there for a second, breathing hard, not moving, once she'd calmed down a bit she untangled her cloak from her body and brushed herself off. When she dared look at her hands, she saw that they were back to normal.

"Damn imagination",

she muttered, trying to quell the fear in her heart.

It will come to pass….

Raven shook her head vigorously as if to shake the haunting words right out of her head.

A chilly breeze ruffled her short violet hair and she closed her window. Raven looked around her room, and gave an involuntary shudder, this place of shadows and darkness, was no longer welcoming not since...her birthday. Raven turned to leave, preferring to be force fed tofu than be left alone in the dark, she didn't want to be alone anymore. What had once been her normal now made her feel vulnerable, weak, and undeniably frightened. She didn't know when Slade would return for her, but she knew he would, after all,

this is just the beginning

Whenever it was, right now she just wanted to be with her friends.

Before you kill them, a nasty little voice in her head mocked, it was Malice, one of her least favorite emotions.

Before you end the world and everyone in it

Is that what you want, Raven,

it spat her name out like a curse word. Raven smacked herself on the forehead, trying to shut her emotion up, but only succeeded in making her chakra throb like mad. Raven picked up her mirror and carefully siphoned the emotion back into it. Malice gave a taunting laugh before disappearing into the inky depths of Raven's mind. The Goth girl sighed, and sat down at her desk, placing the enchanted mirror into a drawer where she had kept it ever since Beast boy and Cyborg's intrusion.

Note to self: after meditating, make sure none of themfollow me out. Annoying emotions. Suddenly, another gust of wind blew through the room, though the window was tightly shut. Raven felt eyes settle on the back of her neck, and knew she was not alone.

Want a little more? Okay, but only this once, out of the goodness of my heart.

Annoying person called June: What heart?

Angel of Nevermore: Shut up you.

Raven whirled around to face the intruder, already crackling with dark energy, and stopped short in surprise as she saw something that definitely did not belong sitting on her bed. It appeared to be a wolf comprised completely of silvery swirling mist. Its paws were crossed and it's head held high, letting off a faint benevolent glow. The apparition looked so regal that Raven couldn't begin to know what it could be. It leapt off the bed and looked straight into the shocked girl's amethyst eyes. "Hello Raven, I am your guardian."

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Heh, heh, heh, I feel sssoooooo evil. The next chapter will be up as soon as I write something decent, which might be a few days. I try to update ASAP but sometimes my brain goes on hiatus without asking me first, you have been warned. If anyone has any suggestions about how this story should go, that does NOT involve pairings, please send it in the form of a cute little review. Make yourself heard, power to the peeps. - Angel of Nevermore