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Chapter 6
Sornu was somewhere. Azarath? Possibly. He hadn't been there ever since he was banished. He distinctly remembered it. He was dabbling in magic, but not peaceful spells. Spells that could harm others. He wasn't satisfied with being a simple mage, he wanted to be a sorcerer. Azarath was a peaceful dimension, as Sornu remembered it. It was beautiful, all the people thriving in kindness and in doing good deeds. But what he saw now was…different.
He saw people fleeing in horror. Fire falling from the sky. Death…pain…fear. And no one could stop it. The temple exploded in violent colors of red and orange. He could hear screaming, and yet he couldn't help them. Then he saw the cause of the monstrosities. His eyes widened.
"My God…" Sornu whispered, staring into the eyes of Trigon.
"He has nothing to do with this," the devil said.
Sornu woke up with a start. He hadn't had any nightmares for some time, and most of them weren't really as…clear as the one he had just had. He and Raven had been training for the last week, under the careful supervision of Jason Blood. They had been fighting, and training for…whatever Raven was supposed to do. He calmed himself down. Nightmares weren't real. Therefore, nightmares couldn't hurt you…right?
A quarterstaff clashed against another. Sornu leapt into the air and muttered an alien sounding word, causing Raven to fly against the wall. Raven gritted her teeth, and whacked her staff against Sornu's chest. Sornu was stunned, but quickly retaliated with a kick to the chest. Raven thought for a second, and started to lead Sornu to the bookcases of the library. He followed, and Raven knew he was going to fall for it. They clashed again, but Raven retaliated with a swing to the bookshelf itself, jumping out of the way and sending it toppling over on to Sornu. He fell over, defeated.
"Good…ow… game…"
"Thanks. You weren't too bad yourself," Raven replied. She used telekinesis to move the bookshelf off of Sornu.
"So, what do you think of the place? Do you like it here?"
"I miss my friends, but I'm alright."
Sornu nodded. "As I miss my parents on Azarath."
"I never met my mother. The priests never let me see her."
"The priests are dumbasses!" Sornu suddenly burst out.
"…Alright…" Raven said, a little disturbed.
"I'm sorry…it's just…never mind. By the way, Jason Blood wants to see you."
"Alright. Thanks, Sornu."
"Any time," he said, smiling.
Raven watched Sornu leave the room. She truly admired him, a good warrior and magician. She sensed someone behind her, and immediately leaped around. It was Jason.
"Good job. You have trained each other well."
Raven smiled for the first time in what seemed like ages.
"Thank you," was her simple answer.
"You may rest."
Raven acknowledged that and walked towards her room. Life was strange, and she still knew little about this destiny she was being prepared for. But somehow…she could tell things would come out good.
"Do what?" Starfire asked.
"We need to kill Raven," Robin said.
"You've got to be kidding me," Beast Boy said. "She's a member of the team! She's our friend! Slade must've done something to you!"
"So my own team doesn't believe me?" Robin asked, his anger building.
"It's not that we don't believe you, it's just that" Cy began.
"No! I should have known! We'll all die!" Robin shouted. He jumped off of the bed and drop kicked Cyborg.
"ROBIN! What are you doing?" asked Starfire.
"I'm saving us!"
"Titans! Get him! Before he"
Robin jumped out of the window. 6 stories up.
"…Gets away" Cyborg said in awe.
End of Chapter 6
