If you read some of the reviews and they don't make sense, it's because I've changed SOOO much in my story since the people reviewed. Mostly, I've changed a whole lot in chapters 5, 6, 7 and a little bit in all the rest. So, sorry about that, but if it makes my story better, then I'll add it!
The End
Prologue:
Slade came back on Raven's birthday. The Titans had been fighting him in some sort of factory. Somehow, he had acquired new powers – he could create and manipulate fire at will. And for some reason, he had taken a particular interest in Raven. The whole place was falling apart. Starfire was flying away beside Beast Boy who was transforming into a tiger. As she looked behind her, Starfire saw a large loose gear rolling towards Robin. If he did not move soon, his body would be crushed.
"Robin!" she shouted. She began to turn around, but it was too late. The gear kept rolling and Robin had not gotten out of the way. Her eyes widened in fear.
"ROBIN!" The gear lost its balance and fell down. Starfire quickly flew over to where Robin had been, only to find nothing. "Robin?"
Slade and Raven were on top of a building. She had tried to get away from him – she froze time, threw cars at him, crushed him between rocks – but he could not be stopped. Soon after she had frozen time, she had revived Robin so that she could explain a few things, bur even Robin could not help her. Now, time was back to normal. Slade had just shown Raven a vision of what her destiny would be and now she was unconscious. He was holding her up. "We'll be in touch," he said coldly. He let go of Raven's arms, letting her fall off the building to the ground. "Oh…and happy birthday." As Raven was falling, Robin caught her in the air while holding onto his grappling hook. When they landed on the ground, Raven opened her eyes and looked up at him.
"Let's go home," said Robin.
"I want to get my cloak first," she told him. He helped her up and she flew to the top of the building where Slade had been. He was not there anymore, but that did not surprise her. Raven found her cloak, but it was just torn cloth now. She picked it up anyway and flew back down to where Robin was. "It's not a cloak anymore." She threw the remains in a nearby trashcan, trying her best to ignore the curious eyes staring at her. It was hard. She felt so exposed. "Let's go." She hugged her bare arms close to her body.
"Do you want to use my cape? Robin asked while taking it off. He held it out to her and she draped it around her shoulders.
"Thanks." She and Robin headed back to the factory where the other Titans were. Raven gathered up what strength she had left and teleported them both to the outside of the building.
"Where is Robin?" demanded Starfire. She was so confused. One moment, Robin had been right in front of the rolling gear. In the next moment, he was gone.
"Dude! Where's Raven? And Slade?" asked Beast Boy. Starfire looked around. It had not occurred to her that they were missing too. Things were still falling from the walls and pieces of the ceiling were falling down.
"We don't have time, guys!" Cyborg stated. "We gotta get out of here!" The all headed for the doors as fast as they could, dodging anything that got in their way. When they got outside, they saw Robin and Raven. Starfire's eyes widened.
"Robin! You are-" she stopped. Everyone hesitated when they saw Raven. Her hair was down to her waist, she was wearing Robin's cape and through the opening in the front, they could see that her leotard was ripped-up. They all rushed over.
"Raven, are you hurt?" Starfire asked. Beast Boy grabbed Raven's shoulders and looked her in the eye.
"Raven, did Slade touch you?" Beast Boy had an angry tone in his voice.
Well technically, yes, but Raven knew what he meant. She shook her head, 'no.'
"What happened?" Cyborg asked, concerned.
"Raven's had a long day," Robin answered. "Let's just get back to the tower. Then, we'll explain."
Part 1: Trigon's Return
Chapter 1: ConfessionsRaven was lying down on her bed, thinking. She knew the time was coming. Any day now, Slade would come back for her. After the incident on her birthday, Robin had thought that it was over. He thought that there was nothing more to come. He was wrong. It was her destiny to destroy, not only the earth, but other planets as well and her father wanted to have someone to rule by his side. That was why she had been born – to assist her father in any way necessary. But she would do everything in her power to get away from him. She came to Earth to escape from him and she had formed the Teen Titans so that she would have some sort of back up plan, just in case. None of her friends knew it, but she had brought them all together with her mental abilities.
Trigon had found her. Now, it did not matter. Raven decided that she would eventually have to fight him. To prevent Trigon from taking over her soul-self, he would have to be destroyed. She would have to destroy him, but she could not do it alone.
"I have to tell them something," she said aloud. "I can't tell them everything, but they need to know more than what they know now." She decided to start with Robin. They both had mysterious pasts. He could probably handle everything she had to say better than anyone else. She started off for Robin's room and met Beast Boy on her way there.
"Hey, Raven!" he called.
"Hi," she said bluntly and kept on walking. Beast Boy followed her.
"So, whatcha doing?" he asked.
"Nothing. Don't you have video games to play with Cyborg?"
Beast Boy folded his arms angrily. "No! He's beat me at every game we've played!" Raven rolled her eyes.
"Can't you get mad over something real?"
"Uh, hellooo! Game Station is real! Without video games, I don't have a chance at beating Cyborg at anything!" he whined. Then, a thought struck him. "Hey, isn't this the way to Robin's room?" Raven turned her head to look at him.
"Yeah, so?"
"So…why do you wanna talk to Robin?" he asked.
"None of your business!" She started to walk faster. 'Well, it's none of your business right now anyway,' she thought. Beast Boy started walking faster too.
"Is everything okay?" Raven stopped walking and turned to him angrily.
"Why do you care? Just go away!" Then, she walked away quickly, leaving Beast Boy by himself. 'She's always so mean to me!' he thought. 'Why is she so mean? I've only tried to be nice to her. It seems like she gets along with everybody but me!' He walked away sadly with his head hung low.
Raven finally made it to Robin's room. She knocked on his door. No one answered, but that was because Robin was coming down the hallway.
"Oh, hey Raven!" he said when he saw her.
"Robin, we need to talk."
"Okay, sure." With his hand he gestured toward the door. "C'mon inside."
"Is everything okay? Wanna sit down?" he offered.
"No…thanks." She took a deep breath. "Remember when Slade came on my birthday and that 'bad thing' was supposed to happen?" she started. Robin folded his arms and leaned against the wall.
"Yeah, I'm really sorry that I couldn't stop it." Then, a thought struck him. "What happened?" That took Raven by surprise. She did not expect him to ask about it. As soon as Robin saw the fear in her eyes, he regretted asking the question.
"I…don't want to talk about it."
"Okay." Apparently, she had not gotten over it.
"It's not over. Slade's coming back again…for me." She turned her head slightly. Robin eyed her curiously.
"Raven what do you mean? It's been six months since Slade returned. How do you know he's coming back for you?" Raven looked back at him. What exactly should she say? How could she make him understand? Could he really comprehend everything she wanted to tell him? She would have to try.
"I just know. He's going to take me away." She shivered at the thought. Robin put his hand to his chin as if he were thinking.
"When?"
"Sometime next week." Though she wasn't really sure.
"Okay, why is Slade going to take you away?" Raven closed her eyes and took another deep breath.
"Trigon will force him to," she said softly as she opened her eyes. Robin gave her a confused look, so she continued and looked at the floor. "Trigon was only waiting for me to turn 16 before he showed me…" She did not finish her sentence. If she did, Robin might ask about her destiny and that was a sensitive subject. Who would want to know about the destruction of the earth anyway? She did not want to scare anyone else away. Even the people on Azarath feared her and they had known her since her birth. The Titans were her only friends anywhere. If she scared them away, who would help her? "Until he sent Slade as a messenger. Now, I'm 16 and a half and Trigon wants me to leave." She looked back up at Robin with pleading eyes. "I need your help. I need everyone's help to get rid of him." Robin was taken aback. Who was Trigon? Why did Raven want to get rid of him? He scratched the back of his head.
"Who's Trigon?" he inquired. "And why do we have to get rid of him?"
'Here we go,' thought Raven. Out loud, she said, "He's a demon who wants to rule the universe. He's coming after our dimension."
Robin just stood there, staring into space. He was going over everything in his mind. 'So, Slade is trying to get to Raven because this demon, named Trigon, is forcing him to. Well, now I know why Slade was chasing her, but she didn't say why Trigon is after her. She just said that he's power-hungry and will try to take over our dimension.' Then, he asked, "Raven, you need to clear something up for me. Why is Trigon after you and how do you know so much about him?" Raven's eyes darted from left to right as she tried to think of an explanation to give him. She did not want to tell him that Trigon was her father. What would he think of her? She could not think of any other explanation quickly, so she tried to avoid answering the question instead.
"It's not important. We just have to destroy him before he destroys us. You have to help me – you and the other Titans." Raven was getting worried now. She needed all of their help to defeat Trigon.
"Raven, it's not enough. We all like you, but we need explanations." He looked at her sternly. "How do you know Trigon?"
'That's it, I give up!' she thought. "Never mind! I'll just get rid of him myself!" She was walking towards the door when Robin grabbed her shoulder.
"Raven, what's wrong? Just talk to me! I don't know how you know about this guy! All I have is your word that he's going to attack us!" Tears were forming in Raven's eyes. She tried her best to push them back.
Without looking at Robin, she whispered, "You'd want to keep it a secret too…if Trigon was your father." With one hand, she began to wipe the tears from her eyes. Robin turned her around and put his arms around her. She did not hug him back, but she did not pull away either. She did not feel like moving at all. She just let her head rest on his shoulder.
"We don't have to tell anyone else," he assured her.
"Thank you," she said softly. 'But I think they'll find out anyway.' She could not believe it. He was so willing to help her. 'What have I done?'
Author's Note: How was that for a first chapter? Was it interesting enough? Please review and let me know! There'll be a lot more to come!
