The Accounts of The New Teen Titans - Vol. 1-Book 1: The Chronicles of Raven - Chapter 5: Coman's Telling of the Origin of Trigon/First Meeting Betwixt Daughter and Father

The Chronicles of Raven - Chapter 5 - Coman's Telling of the Origin of Trigon/First Meeting Betwixt Daughter and Father
Hath gathered a crowd
In the Temple so named
Of the land which home they call,
The dimension twixt dimensions
Where taught is pacificity and peace-
Be so it called: Azarath.
The crowd, is it comprised
Of all whom in this land reside
Gathered there
Hath all they
In order to hear speak
From High Magistrate Coman
On matters urgently grave
One in blue cloak
Stands with the assembly
A young girl
Be she only-
Her name: Raven.
Daughter of Arella
Tis she the reason
That congregated here are they all
For the tale Coman prepares to tell
Hath risen from a horrible dream,
A nightmare she did have
Not but a few hours ago
A frightening dream
Of her father: Trigon the Terrible,
Thy Demon-King.
Yes, did Azarath shake
And twas Trigon's terrible voice
Heard throughout the land
And twas it that
After Arella, come to her daughter's aid, had she-
Did Coman call all who lived within this dimension
To learn from him at the Temple
The story of the Birth
Of Azarath-
And of Trigon, too!
Though Raven was there
Not of her own will,
Did enough respect she have
To stay mute
Whilst spoke Coman:
"As you here all know,
The recently-deceased Azar's
Grandmother - together, with some of our ancestors - flee
The violence and evil
Which upon Earth did reside."
"Twas long ago,
That Azatrath, did they build."
"But the forces we did use
To our evil natures expunge,
Die did they not-
No, through the dimensions beyond the Great Door
Did they float."
"With other dark energies
Did with our evil natures, merge-
And in Mystic Ceremony
In one of the other dimensions
Were our evil natures collected
And as Trigon, were thus reborn!"
As soon as did Coman
Speak the Demon-King's name
Did flare up great
The Eternal Flame
Glow brilliant, did it, for a moment,
Then did it bedim-
And ere its extinguishing,
Breathed its final fate.
Suddenly, did all gathered
Instantly quieten
And then, a familiar voice-
Throughout the Temple, boom it did
Twas one singular word
All that was thus needed
"Raven!" bellowed Trigon's voice-
Such resonance! So loud!
In a slight trance did Raven step
From the crowd with voices mute
Summoned by the command of her father
To The Great Door - the area
Which to go near, had she always been forbidden
In front of it did she stand
Utterly transfixed,
When - of it's own accord,
Did The Great Door swing open
Into the Limbo Beyond.
And there did Raven see in person
For the first time in her life:
Four eyes
All evil
Red skin
As if soaked in the blood of the murdered
A malicious grin
A staff twisted with cold
Wicked lips did part
As Trigon the Terrible spoke.
"Greetings, Raven,"
As for the first time did Raven know fear,
"Your father is pleased to see you," did he sneer.
"You are my child,
The only one to ever survive."
"Long have I waited
To bring you to me
To take you home, have you rule
Beside me."
And with that,
From out of the nothingness void,
Came steps to form a path,
Steps down to the planet of which
Was he born - and now Emperor.
Also in this moment,
Did Raven thus discover
Why exactly she'd been raised an empath
For she sensed Evil, Death-
Cruel, Heartless Murder.
"No!" did Raven cry,
"No! Go with you I cannot!"
"My father you may be,
But stand beside you? No! Never! Not!"
"I have been born, raised in peace!"
"In destruction do you wallow and lie!"
"Child," Trigon boomed,
"Child, will you learn in time-
All these many years
That to you they have lied!"
"Twas it i who ordained Azarath adopt you,
For there did I know, would you be safe!"
"Nourish your powers,
Did i know they would do
In a way i could easily subvert!"
"I want you, daughter!" he screamed
Said a voice: "But Trigon, not yours is she anymore!"
Turning, did Trigon see clearly
There stood Arella
Just come from The Great Door!
"Ah, there you are, my wife-" Trigon bellowed,
"Truly, I had expected you sooner."
"Trigon, please," did Arella plead,
"You had me. You musn't take her!"
"Oh, come now," he viciously replied,
"The whimpering cur defends her pup?"
"Hah! Arella, don't make me laugh - I know you to be stupid and weak!"
"Surely now, must you be aware,"
"That in battle with me will you not survive?"
"My power you've seen before, Arella-
I've see you cry
As before my Death-Stare
Have you watched worlds die!"
With that, did he destroy a planet
That lay off to his right
Then turned his gaze upon Arella-
And he did hit her
With a brilliant beam of light.
"NO!" cried Raven, "NO! NO! YOU'VE KILLED HER!"
"Hah!" snorted he, "Hardly, my dear daughter,"
"Why should I slay that useless rag
When more fun is it to humiliate her?"
And then, when Arella looked up,
Had her face withered and shrunk
As Arella cried, Trigon laughed - For him, was this a thrill!
And for the first time ever in her life,
Did Raven wish to kill!
And then, from deep within her,
Did arise a giant form
Her soul-self, was it known as,
And at this was Trigon impressed
"Ah, you do have the power I sensed in you!"
"O, is this good, - O, am I pleased!"
"Now, I baptize it with my essence,"
Out his eyes shot another beam!
"You cannot contain what you are!"
He roared, as Raven writhed in pain
"Look at Azarath again!"
"They fear you, daughter, be that true?"
"Is it not also true that for that, them, you hate?!?"
Raven, in agony, fell to her knees as he went on
"I was the one who stopped Juris! I helped - you did I save!"
"But now do you have the power, daughter - FOR THEIR HATRED AND FEAR MAKE THEM PAY!"
"Fight him, Raven," whispered the withered Arella, to which Trigon paid no heed
"ARE YOU NOT TRIGON'S DAUGHTER?!?" he bellowed,
Replied the distressed Raven: "I AM! I AM INDEED!"
With that, Trigon stopped.
"You can be corrupted. That is all I wished to know."
And with with a blinding flash
Were Arella - young again - and her daughter
Home - back home in Azarath.
Later, when Raven did turn eighteen,
Did she sense Trigon'a power return
And left, did she, Azarath,
In order to from his tyranny,
Save Earth.