The Road Goes Ever On

Author's Note: No reviews yet, eh? Maybe if I write a couple more chapters someone will actually read this. By the way, a lot of this chapter is seen by the Titans movie style in Cyan's screen-thingy. Hopefully it won't be too confusing. Okay I'll be quiet now.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans. Sue me and I will get Gandalf the White and Napoleon Dynamite to come and poke you with sticks. I don't own them either, by the way.

Chapter 2: Raven's Dark Past

As soon as Raven and Cyan walked in the room, Raven quickly put her hood over her head and walked swiftly to her room. She slammed the door shut, and the sound echoed all over the Tower.

"What's with her?" Beastboy asked.

"Er…nice to meet you and all, but who the heck are you?" Robin questioned the unfamiliar boy.

Cyan sauntered closer to the Boy Wonder and stuck out his hand for Robin to shake. "I am Cyan, a good friend of Raven or Rae-Rae, as I like to call her. She's quite mad at me at the moment, and she has all the right to be, but she was never one to hold a grudge. I thought spending time away from Azarath would soften her up a bit, but I guess I was incorrect…"

"Raven, soft?" laughed Beastboy. "An unusually pointy rock would be softer."

"Even with the burden of controlling her emotions, Rae-Rae used to smile often. She seems to have hardened up ever since…" Cyan suddenly stopped talking, a faraway look in his eyes. "Or maybe that was just because she spent the last couple of hours wandering her thoughts with the last person she'd ever want to see."

Starfire seemed to argue with herself mentally before opening her mouth to speak. " New friend Cyan, if you do not mind me asking, what is it exactly that you have done to Raven that has made her rage and rant and shut doors very loudly?"

Cyan sighed. He then took a tiny device that looked like a T.V remote out of a hidden pocket in his cloak. He pressed a button, and a floating screen appeared out of nowhere. "It would be easier to show you than tell you. This, by the way, is my own invention. I call it the Cyanator. (Crappy name huh?) I created it so that everything that has ever happened in time is recorded on it. It is enjoyable being a genius. But I digress…" He pressed another button on his controller thing, and the screen buzzed to life, fast-forwarding through history.

"Oh wait…here's some background information. Trigon, who as I'm sure you know is Rae's father, ruled Azarath for many years in tyranny. Raven and her mother Arella managed to defeat him more than once, but Trigon wanted nothing more than his only daughter to be swallowed in rage like he. Before her death, Arella summoned me, the one person that her daughter really trusted, and gave me the duty of protecting Raven from her evil father. We worked well together, Rae-Rae and I, and fought Trigon off. We became the best of friends, and protected the pacifists that lived on Azarath from Trigon and his black heart."

A click emitted from the screen. Suddenly, Raven and Cyan appeared talking together. Raven had a huge smile on her face, and was laughing. Seeing Raven acting so…happy…nearly gave the Titans heart attacks.

"One day, I met up with an old friend from an dimension called Sione. Little did I know, he had become part of a Trigon-led group. We made a deal…." He gestured to the screen.

Screen View

On the television like object, Cyan was sitting at a table with a heavily-armoured boy, around Cyan's age. The boy had untidy, gray-blue hair and a pleasant face. "Alright, Cyan. We'll make a deal. You grant us entry into Azarath, and we give you the Ruby of Sione", said the man, holding out a red jewel. Cyan clenched his jaw. "You must not harm anyone or anything on Azarath, particularly Trigon's daughter Raven. If these are your intentions, then the deal's off."

The armored guy laughed. "My intentions are purely for business. Now if you'll be so kind, the instructions on entrance to Azarath please."

End of Screen View

Beastboy had dark patches of red on his face. He looked like a decorated Christmas tree. "You sold out your best friend for a…PIECE OF ROCK!"

"You'll have to understand, the Ruby of Sione is one of the most valuable stones in history…" began Cyan in his arrogant voice.

"You're insane. If I had to choose between Raven's safety and all the money in the world, I wouldn't even have to think. Raven is the most important person in the world to me, no contest!" Beastboy, furiously shot out, unaware of what he was saying. He suddenly seemed to realize the fact that everyone was staring at him because of this statement. It was not something that anyone was accustomed to hear the changeling say. He transformed into a dog and covered his face with his paws.

The Titans that were not sulking in their rooms turned back to the screen. "Welcome to the worst night of my life, the attack of Sione on Azarath. My friend that I made a deal with had lied, Trigon and Sione people had devised a plan to destroy Azarath and more importantly, Rae-Rae."

Screen View

On the screen, Raven was seen sleeping peacefully. Suddenly, Raven was shaken awake by Cyan. "Come on, we have to get out of here" Cyan said, a look of urgency on his face. "We're being attacked". Raven rushed out of her room, Cyan right behind her. "Wait in here." Cyan said, pushing Raven into a shadowy room. Raven was hidden in the room; only her violet eyes could be seen in the darkness. Suddenly, an armored dude grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the closet. "Captain…I've found the child," he said into a walkie-talkie. He dragged Raven by the arm, her retaliation attacks appearing useless. Around them, Azarathians were running and yelling their heads off, being chased by heavily armored men.

He let go of Raven when he met up with another mean looking person, in a gloomy room filled with mystical orbs. "Okay, we're going to finish you off quickly, kid. One little zap with this baby and its bye bye Ravey, Daddy's orders" the man chuckled, a gigantic ray-laser-thingymabob in his arms. He ordered the guy who had found Raven before to pin her arms behind her back so she couldn't move. The other man took out his ray-laser-thingymabob and aimed it at Raven.

Suddenly, Cyan and a girl ran into the room. The girl had long, curly brown hair and startling blue eyes. "Rae-Rae!" she and Cyan yelled in unison. "Hey Captain Maurice..." one of the men said to the guy with the ray-laser-thingymabbob, now referred to as the RLT, for short. "Look, it's the guy who gave us the instructions into Azarath. Couldn't have done all of this without you, man!"

Raven gave Cyan a death glare, the ones usually reserved for Beastboy and Cyborg when they had one of those tofu vs. meat arguments. "You did this? You betrayed us, you betrayed me?" Cyan hung his head, sadly.

"Enough chit-chat. Say Sayonara to your pretty little friend", exclaimed Captain Maurice. He aimed the RLT at Raven once again. He fired.

Suddenly, the brown-haired girl pushed Raven out of the way of the green ray escaping from the RLT. The light hit the girl square in the chest. Ouch. The girl fell to the ground, and before Cyan and Raven could run to her, her form disappeared. Tears immediately overflowed Raven's eyes. "Atania…" she whispered. A couple of the orbs near the ceiling shattered.

End of Viewed Scene

"I'm not going to show you anymore. I just…can't" said Cyan to the Titans, his normally confident voice breaking. "Basically the Azarathian army showed up and defeated the intruders. Atania, the girl who sacrificed her life for Raven, was another good friend of ours. Raven was devastated. For treason, I was banished from Azarath, and haven't spoken to Raven since well…a couple of hours ago. The only reason I'm here is that I found my way into her mind, and she had no choice but to let me into your world."

The Titans sat on the couch, thinking. This lunatic had sold his best friend out, Raven couldn't stand him, and he was hopping dimensions looking for a place to stay. He was a conceited butt, but the pitiful look on his face did Robin in.

"You can stay here." The Boy Wonder said finally. Underneath his serious demeanor, Robin really is a softie.

The sad look disappeared from Cyan's handsome face. "Cool. I'll crash in your room, Blue Jay," he said to Robin.

"It's Robin!" Robin said fiercely.

"Whatever. See ya later, Titans. I've got some apologizing to do to my buddy Rae-Rae. Oh and for dinner I want some baby back ribs, onion rings, French fries, a plain salad and pasta with tomato sauce. Ciao."

Cyborg, Robin, Starfire and Beastboy stared at the golden haired boy as he flounced in the direction of Raven's room. Beastboy turned from a dog back into a human.

"Dudes…we're so gonna regret this," Beastboy said.

That didn't turn out so bad did it? There isn't much funny stuff in this chapter, but there wasn't much room for it in this chapter. I hope you liked, but whether you did or didn't, please review and let me know. Click the purple button. You know you want to. Signing off, Shadow Evenstar.