Q: Meangirl101 – About Arella? True?

A: I got Arella from the comics. I did change some stuff about her in my story, but yes, she is Raven's mom and she lives (well, lived) on Azarath.


Part 3 Trigon's Defeat

Chapter 9: Captured

(Inside Raven's Mind…)

"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos…Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos." Raven was meditating. She needed to calm herself and think of a way to escape. The "good" side of her was imprisoned in her mind while her evil side was free.

'I have to get out before he kills everyone,' she told herself.She was completely aware of everything that was going on. 'But I'm not sure how.' She knew that Arella and the Titans were on Trigon's planet. And she knew that they were fighting her evil side – which she called Anne.

"We'll think of something," said a determined voice. Raven opened her eyes and turned her head. The "Green Raven" (her brave side) had appeared beside her.

"Hey," she sighed. Raven hadn't bothered to name all of her different personalities – just Anne. She lowered herself to the ground. She knew what she had to do. Actually, she had no idea of what she would have to do because she'd never been in this situation before. And she could only guess where she would have to go. "We have to get everyone-"

"And go to Anne's realm," The Green One interrupted. "I know. It'll be easy."

"It'll be easy to call everyone," Raven corrected, "but Anne's realm is hard to get to. I made sure of it." She waved her arms out in front of her to summon everyone else.


(Trigon's Planet…)

"Raven, why did you bring me here?" asked Arella. They weren't in a significant part of the city. Raven just wanted to separate her mother from everyone else. One side of the city wall was behind them.

"I'm fighting you all one by one," Raven explained. "It'll make it easier for me. I'm starting with you since you knew me first." An evil grin swept across her face. "Congratulations."

"Raven, listen to me. This isn't you!" cried Arella. "We didn't come here to fight you; we came here to rescue you!"

"I don't need rescuing," Raven stated. "You're the one who's going to need rescuing." She thrust her hands above her head. "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" She took a chunk of the wall and threw it at Arella, who tried to get out of the way. 'Trigon won't mind,' Raven thought. 'He can get somebody to fix the wall. And it's not like anyone in the city will actually try to escape.' Arella didn't succeed. The piece of wall hit her leg and she fell to the ground.

"I don't want to fight you Raven," said Arella. Her leg didn't have any permanent damage. She could still move it and it only hurt a little.

"Now that you're hurt, you don't want to fight," Raven taunted.

"Raven, I'm your mother! I love you!"

"You don't love me!" Raven began to hover in the air. "You didn't even raise me! Once I was born, you handed me over to Azar and didn't give it a second thought!" Raven glared at her mother with her four red eyes.

Trigon had been watching the whole thing. All of his soldiers were disappointed that they weren't aloud to fight the intruders. So, Trigon let them watch what was going on too. He was very pleased with how Raven was handling things.

Arella used a spell to put a shield around herself. She just needed time to figure out what to do. Then, two birdarangs came and slashed Raven across her arms. "Ah!" She grabbed her arms where they'd been cut. And right after that, she was hit by a sonic blast that knocked her into the wall.

"That's enough Raven!" shouted Robin. He ran over to Arella while Cyborg kept his cannon pointed at the empathic teen on the ground.

"Fine. I'll end this." Raven lifted her hand towards Cyborg. "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" Cyborg's cannon became surrounded by black energy. It shifted back to an arm and she let go.

"Hey! My cannon's jammed!" yelled Cyborg. Raven took bigger chunks out of the wall behind her and placed them around both Robin and Arella. Then, she concentrated on the half-man, half-machine. Before Cyborg could do anything, Raven sank into the ground and came up behind him. With her powers, she opened up a small area on his back and began to tamper with his system.

"Yo!" He tried to turn around, but he couldn't move any robotic part of his body. "Get outta my-" he began. Then, his blue mechanical parts turned black and he fell to the ground. Just then, the walls around Robin and Arella collapsed. Raven walked over and lifted the enormous blocks off of them. They both appeared to be unconscious.

"Good enough for me," said Raven. Then, she flew off in search for Starfire and Beast Boy.


(Inside Raven's Mind…)

Raven had combined all of her personalities and turned them into one 'person' – the "White Raven." While her father was still around, it was only safe for her to do this inside of her mind. Raven was going through every forbidden door in order to get to Anne's realm. First, she had to travel through all the other realms. It got harder as she went along. Raven had spent her whole life concealing Anne in a prison. She had made sure that it would be hard to escape from. Unfortunately, that also meant that it would be hard to get to.

Raven had to work her way through a labyrinth. That part wasn't too difficult. She'd already memorized the way through. When she reached the end, she stepped onto an open field.

"What next?" she asked herself. Then, she remembered. "Oh, yeah." The sky was instantly flooded with squawking birds. They all had sharp teeth, sharp claws, and four red eyes, but Raven wasn't concerned. With just her powers alone, she wouldn't be able to make it across the field. That's why she had called everyone else. With their powers combined, she was able to fend off the birds. They dived at her, trying to scratch her face with their talons and biting at her arms. But she swept them away and used her powers to tear them apart. When she reached the other side, the field and the lifeless birds disappeared. Raven was now standing on rocky ground and the black "sky" was filled with what appeared to be a myriad of red stars. She continued to walk on. She wouldn't have to go much further until she reached Anne's realm.


(Trigon's Planet…)

As soon as he was sure that Raven was out of earshot, Robin opened his eyes and told Arella that she could get up. Robin had made the blocks around them fall on purpose. He and Arella had used the first chunk of the wall to protect themselves and then pretended to be knocked out.

"Okay, while you're fixing Cyborg, I'm going to go after Raven," Arella told Robin. "When Cyborg is up and running, you can come help the rest of us with her." Robin didn't say anything right away. Usually, he was the one who gave out orders. He didn't mind that Arella had taken charge though. It was probably good that she did, considering she knew more about Trigon and Raven than he did.

"Well yeah, I'll fix Cyborg, but I don't think you should go after Raven alone," he advised. "If she catches you, she'll definitely hurt you." He ran over to Cyborg and began to try to reboot him.

"But if I go, I might be able to help Starfire and Beast Boy," Arella protested. "I have an idea. I don't know if it'll work, but it's worth a shot." Robin stopped what he was doing.

"Are you sure you'll be alright?" he asked.

"Raven won't know I'm there," she promised. "For what I'm about to do, I can stay hidden." She walked off as fast as she could without causing her leg too much pain before Robin could answer. Arella wouldn't look for Raven. That would be too difficult. Instead, she would try to spot Beast Boy or Starfire and head towards them. Robin resumed his work. If he could get Cyborg up and running, then they'd be able to help everyone else. He wouldn't be able to do that though, because someone snuck up behind him and hit him on the back of his head – hard.


Raven located Starfire and Beast Boy. They were looking for her around a construction site. They'd already searched between the houses. Raven didn't want them to know that she was there yet. Swiftly and quietly, she drew nearer. She could hear them talking.

"Oh, Beast Boy. I wish we could find our friend," Starfire told him. She was looking behind piles of wood, using her starbolts to give her better light.

"You're not the only one," he replied. Raven kept waiting. 'Just let them look a little bit longer,' she told herself. She wanted to time everything right. She lifted her hand and moved a wooden beam out of its place. Right when Beast Boy walked under it, she let it fall. Starfire saw that her friend was in trouble.

"Beast Boy!" she shouted and pushed him out of the way.

"Raven's here," Beast Boy said to himself. He and Starfire stood up back to back, looking around for any sign of Raven or an object flying at them.


Author's Note: I hope everything makes sense so far. I had to think LONG and hard about all of this. If you don't understand something, ask in your review. Hmmm...wonder what happened to Robin? Review! Por favor!